Korean melon

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Korean Melon > ( Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa ) or chamoe (? ?), following its Korean name, is a type of melon that is mainly grown in Korea. The fruit is usually about half a foot (15 cm) long and weighs a little over 1 pound (0.45 kg). It's smooth and oval, with white stripes that run the length of the fruit. It has a sweet, juicy, sweet flesh, and a seed cavity filled with small white seeds. Although most Korean melons are marketed yellow, there are variant cultivars of green or ivory. Flavor has been described as a cross between melons and melons and cucumbers. The fruit is usually eaten fresh; with thin skin and small seeds, melons can be eaten whole. Melon is eaten as a pickle with spices as a common side dish in Korea, called chamoe jangajji .

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Origin

The word chamoe is a combination of words: cham which means "true" or "real" and oe meaning "cucumber (melon)". Phylogenetic studies tracing the genetic lineage of plants suggests that the Korean melon probably originated in eastern India. They were later thought to have been introduced to China from the west through the Silk Road.

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Ecology

Korean melon is a cool subtropical plant that grows best with daytime temperatures between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius and night temperatures between 16 and 24 degrees Celsius. It requires good sunlight and rich soil, well drained, brittle, and moisture resistant. It is drought tolerant, but requires adequate water for optimal growth.

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Botany

Plants, cucurbites, are annual herbaceous plants that branch off and have pathways. The trunk is angled and furry (hairy) and 7 mm in diameter. The leaves are in the form of reniform (kidney-shaped) with 5-7 lobes. It is andromonoecious (both bisexual and male flowers in the same plant) with yellow flowers.

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Variety

There are two major places of Oriental melon, Sunghwan and Gotgam. The Korean Gotgam melon has the aroma of dry persimmon, as reflected from its name. Both landraces contain more nutrients and have greater disease resistance than other varieties.

Melon Seonghwang and Gangseo melon are excellent native species, and there are many other native species such as peaches and melon apples. Echinacea melons that are cultivated in Japan have a strong sweet taste and good quality of meat and are now the most widely cultivated. Chunhyang, gold leaf, etc. are very popular for early stage cultivation, and melon varieties such as u-melon and melon soup are introduced and distributed. Characteristics of the main varieties are as follows.

1. The prince of melon: Weighs about 500g, the skin is grayish white, the center of the meat is reddish, and the surrounding is green.
2. New melon: rounded round, weighs 350-400g, and the skin and flesh are light green.
3. Graph of gold: Weight 250g, dark yellow skin, and white pulp.
4. Gold: Same with gold, but too big.

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Cultural significance

National Treasure of South Korea nos. 94 and 114 are both formed like Korean melons.

The annual Yeonju Geumsa Oriental Melon Festival (?? ??????) is held once a year, and visitors can sample melons there.

There is the Korean Melon Ecology Center in Seongju County, which is designed to educate the public about cultivation and other aspects of the fruit.

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Other uses

Korean melon fruit has also been used as animal feed.

In traditional Korean medicine, fruit has been used for acute gastritis, fever, mental disorders, dysuria, jaundice, alcoholism, and hyperesthesia/paralysis. The peak has been used as emetic and for hepatitis, constipation, syphilis, jaundice, and edema. The leaves have been used for blisters and alopecia, and grains for indigestion and cough.

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Gallery

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See also

• List of culinary fruits

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia