Hami melon

Hami melon
Hami melon
Traditional Chinese	哈密瓜
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hāmì guā
Bopomofo	ㄏㄚㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
Wade–Giles	Ha1-mi4 kua1

Hami melon
Hami melon
Genus	Cucumis
Species	C. melo
Cultivar group	Reticulatus Group
Cultivar	'Hami'

A cut Hami melon

The Hami melon (Chinese: 哈密瓜; pinyin: Hāmì guā) is a type of muskmelon, originally from Hami, Xinjiang, China.

It is also referred to as the Chinese Hami melon or the snow melon. The outer color is generally white through pink or yellow through green. The inside flesh is sweet and crisp. More than 100 cultivated forms and hybrids of the 'Hami' melon have been grown in China.^[1]

In Mandarin, Hami gua can also be used to refer to cantaloupe.

Harvesting hami melon at Hami in 1965

References[]

^ Lim, T. K. (2012). "Cucumis melo L. (Reticulatus Group) 'Hami melon'". Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer Netherlands. pp. 231–234. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_36. ISBN 978-94-007-1763-3.

Anderson, Eugene N. (1990). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 80, 162, 209. ISBN 978-0300047394.
"Foodista: Hami Melon". Retrieved 13 August 2013.
China Culture
"Melons: Cantaloupe, Muskmelon, Honeydew, Crenshaw, Casaba, etc". Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[1] Lim, T. K. (2012). "Cucumis melo L. (Reticulatus Group) 'Hami melon'". Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer Netherlands. pp. 231–234. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_36. ISBN 978-94-007-1763-3.

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Hami melon

Genus	Cucumis
Species	C. melo
Cultivar group	Reticulatus Group
Cultivar	'Hami'