Kharbooza / Muskmelon
Cucumis callosus
Also known as Sweetmelon
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh
- Flowering
- November-January
How to identify Kharbooza
Identify Kharbooza by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Chhattisgarh.
- Confirm it sits within the Cucurbitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kharbooza.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cucumis callosus
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, North Australia, Afghanistan, Persia
- Distribution
- West Asia, Indo-Malesia, North Africa, Australia
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kharbooza itself; the rest are typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- खरबूज़ा Kharbooza
- Marathi
- चिबुंडा Chibunda, Tarkaddi
- Tamil
- Thumattikai
- Kannada
- ಬುಡುಮೆ Budame, ಬುಡುಮೆ Budume, ಮಿಣಕೆ Minake, ಕೆಕ್ಕರ Kekkara, ಕೆಕ್ಕರಿಕೆ Kekkarike, ಹಾಲುಮೆಕ್ಕೆ Haalumekke, ಹಾಲ್ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ Haalmekke, ಹಿರಿಮೆಕ್ಕೆ Hirimekke, ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ Hemmekke, ಗವಾಕ್ಷಿ Gavaakshi, ಗೋದುಂಬೆ Godumbe, ಚಿತ್ರೆ Chitre
- Bengali
- Kharmuj
- Urdu
- Kharbooza
- Gujarati
- તરબૂચા Tarbucha
- Sanskrit
- मधुफल Madhuphala, व्रट्टकर्कटी Vrittakarkatii
- Mizo
- Hma-zil
About Kharbooza
Muskmelon (Cucumis callosus) is a climber in the Cucurbitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Chhattisgarh. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from November to January.
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Kharbooza belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
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