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==About== | ==About== | ||
;Common Names:Yellow Melon | ;Common Names:Yellow Melon / Vajo Iohent ([[Waejir]]) | ||
;Classification:Vine | ;Classification:Culinary Fruit Vine | ||
;Description | ;Description | ||
:Long trailing vines with numerous oblong melons. | :Long trailing vines with numerous vibrant yellow oblong melons. | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
;Rarity:Common | ;Rarity:Common | ||
;Distribution:Wetland areas | ;Distribution:Wetland areas | ||
;Life Cycle: | ;Life Cycle:Seeds are dispersed following animal consumption of the fruit by water. Seeds sprout during spring flooding while still free floating in the water, and anchor themselves as the floods recede. The vines are buoyed up by their large leaves spreading out over water and any raised land. Flowering and fruiting occurs throughout the summer into early autumn. | ||
==Related Species== | |||
:[[Moon Melon]] | |||
:[[Night Melon]] | |||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
;Cultivation:Cultivated in wetlands | ;Cultivation | ||
;Culinary:The sweet tasting fruit are popular during the midsummer season, when they ripen. Some effort has been made to produce brandies from the | :Cultivated in wetlands as a food crop. | ||
;Culinary | |||
:Fruit - The sweet tasting fruit are popular during the midsummer season, when they ripen. | |||
:Alcohol - Some effort has been made to produce brandies from the late season fruit, but the taste is an acquired one. | |||
;Medicinal:<!--Medicinal properties--> | ;Medicinal:<!--Medicinal properties--> | ||
;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
:<!--List related pages--> | :<!--List related pages--> | ||
[[Category:Flora]] | [[Category:Flora]] | ||
[[Category:Flower]] | |||
[[Category:Vine]] | [[Category:Vine]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:40, 24 November 2023
About
- Common Names
- Yellow Melon / Vajo Iohent (Waejir)
- Classification
- Culinary Fruit Vine
- Description
- Long trailing vines with numerous vibrant yellow oblong melons.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Common
- Distribution
- Wetland areas
- Life Cycle
- Seeds are dispersed following animal consumption of the fruit by water. Seeds sprout during spring flooding while still free floating in the water, and anchor themselves as the floods recede. The vines are buoyed up by their large leaves spreading out over water and any raised land. Flowering and fruiting occurs throughout the summer into early autumn.
Related Species
Uses
- Cultivation
- Cultivated in wetlands as a food crop.
- Culinary
- Fruit - The sweet tasting fruit are popular during the midsummer season, when they ripen.
- Alcohol - Some effort has been made to produce brandies from the late season fruit, but the taste is an acquired one.
- Medicinal
- Other
History
- Cultural
- Religious
