Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cucumis melo L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Cucumis melo L. var. dudaim Naud., Cucumis melo dudaim

Common names:

Cantaloupe (1919-Present) (50, 82, 107, 138)

Ché-met-a-qúis (1855, Cuchan Yuam) (132)

Dudaim melon (1923-1949) (109, 138)

Mellone (1919, Italy) (107)

Melo (77, Pliny ) (107)

Melon [Melons] (1876-1949, Possibly introduced into America by Columbus) (92, 106, 107, 109, 110, 138)

Melone (1617, Durante) (107)

Melone (1919, Italy) (107)

Melones sive pepones (1561, Pinaeus) (107)

Meloni (1919, Sardinia) (107)

Melopepo (Latin) (107)

Melopepon (150 BC, Galen) (107)

Million (1919) (107)

Molam (1886, Tamul) (110)

Muskmelon [Musk-melon, Muske-melon] (1828-1949) (7, 19, 107, 109, 114, 132, 138)

O pepon (Latin) (107)

Pepo (15th Century) (107)

Pepon (77, Dioscorides, possibly this species) (107)

Pepon (1919, Greek) (107)

Pepone (1919, Italy) (107)

Pepones (13th Century, Albertus Magnus) (107)

Peponia (77, Pliny) (107)

Pompions (1919) (107)

Serpent cucumber (1876) (92)

Serpent melon (1876) (92)

Sikua (300 BC, Theophrastus, possibly this species) (107)

Sikuos pepon (Latin) (107)