Melon is the name of the fruit of several plants that belong to the gourd family. Melon plants have trailing or climbing stems that fasten themselves with tendrils to the objects they climb over. Tendrils are modified leaves that look like small coils of wire. The fruits, or melons, are round or somewhat egg-shaped. They measure up to 1 foot (30 centimeters) or more across. The fruits vary from tan and yellow to light or dark green. The flesh may be green, white, yellow, orange, pink, or red.
