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Cucumis melo L.
Ulcardo Melon

Reference
Sp.Pl. 2:1011 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Trailing annual, herb or climber. Fl. yellow, Feb to Jun or Sep to Oct.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 April 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.