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Non-scientific name:

melon

2 Accepted name(s) for "melon":

Accepted name
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Cucumis melo L.

12 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Cucumis melo Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Fruit
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Cucumis melo Cucumis melo L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Cucumis melo L. Seed
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Cucumis melo L. var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller Cucumis melo var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller Cucumis melo L.
Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Cucumis melo Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Cucumis melo subsp. melo Cucumis melo L. Cucumis melo L.

218 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "melon":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
#a'ani Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
/otsamab Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
acur Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
afglida melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
afwoto Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
akacavellari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayakakkari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayamulli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayamulvellari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amamnyet Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
au(se)tsama.s Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ausetsamas Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bastard melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bataiaikh Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
bawora Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterappel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterwaatlemoen Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bvani Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camel melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
campurotakkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campurotam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamoe Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cirshata Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirshati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirtgajcirabhata Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colocynth Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common wild melon of south africa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cucumis melo whole Other Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
desert melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
domaliua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dry melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egusi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egusi melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekanuwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekanwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enuua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga leliua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga leliwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lemuwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lepuputa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomumbada Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomungengo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomungongo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
field melon stalk Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
gendura Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
gon kekiri Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gwadi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haavu southe Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hsiang kua Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ibece Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibotola Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ijodo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikhabe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
illagasane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inopi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
itikitiki Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ityabontyi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaankadee Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakarikakkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafferwaatlemoen Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kakari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakarikkai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakdi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalak Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kalingada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kan kua Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kaniyam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkoer Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karkool Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katjama Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katutalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kekiri Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kekkarikkay Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kgengwe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khakha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khama melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kharbooza Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurbuj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraikkay Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolokwint Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kua tzu jen Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
lee tee Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lehapu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lehlikihli Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lekatane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lerotse Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lethikithi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mahlitihli Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
majoda Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makakabane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makapuntjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makataan Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makatane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makuwauri Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
makuwawi Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
malaittummatti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manwiwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manyani Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marotse Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mathikithi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mathyathya Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matikiti Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matikitiki Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matira Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matiro Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mazana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melancia Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melone Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
melons Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
meron Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mkikili Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokatse Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokgatse Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motshatsha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtikiti Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubvembe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mufera Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munali Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munwiwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musk melon Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muskmelon Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muttirapala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutuhumusu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nakati Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
namunye Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narivellari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narracuene Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
neri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
niri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
noccuki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noccukikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyati Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ohanga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omanuua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omumbada Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ontanga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oriental melon Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
peddadosrai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddakai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phunt Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phut Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picamakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pie melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pisi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pittamakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittanacam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qawoon Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
rock melon Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
runovi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rupapattiri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rushambwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sakkar teti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senat Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shao kua Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sivalasipisi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soetwaatlemoen Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sot Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sweet melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
t'ien Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
t'ien kua ti Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
t'ien kwa tee Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
t'sama Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
t'samma melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tama Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tamah Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tarbuz Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tava Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tavani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thama Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thoomo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tian gua Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tinavacam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirappucam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiripuyam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirivacam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tjoto Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toppalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsama Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama.b/s Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamas Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsammawaatlemoen Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tuntilam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umpali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umpalikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umxoxozi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
urvaruh Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaelapalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velipandu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellari-verai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vipantu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyalapatra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild water melon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde melone Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde wassermelone Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow watermelon Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yueh kua Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
|otsama.b Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
කැකිරි Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ගොන් කැකිරි Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫شمام‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)