The fruit and plant of the vine-like herb originally from southern Africa. This flowering plant bears an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call a false berry. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon, has a smooth exterior rind and a juicy, sweet, usually red interior flesh.

Watermelon

The fruit and plant of the vine-like herb originally from southern Africa. This flowering plant bears…

An illustration of a watermelon with a quarter missing.

Watermelon

An illustration of a watermelon with a quarter missing.

The common names of <I>Benincasa hispida</I> are wax gourd, white gourd of India, zit-kwa, Chinese preserving melon, and Chinese watermelon. The fruit is oblong, ten to sixteen inches long. The fruit has white flesh and cucumber like seeds.

Benincasa Hispida

The common names of Benincasa hispida are wax gourd, white gourd of India, zit-kwa, Chinese preserving…

Illustrated is a preserving watermelon. It is also commonly known as citron.

Preserving Watermelon

Illustrated is a preserving watermelon. It is also commonly known as citron.

Illustrated is a market watermelon.

Market Watermelon

Illustrated is a market watermelon.