Watermelon: Potential Fruit

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Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a tropical fruit, belongs to family Cucurbitaceae is a flowering plant originally from south Africa. It is a fruit, which is a special kind referred by botanists as a pepo, a berry that has a thick rind (exocarp) and flesh mesocarp and endocarp. Pepos are derived from an inferior ovary, and are characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon although not in the genus, Cucumis has a smooth exterior rind (green, yellow and sometimes pale green) and a juicy, sweet interior flesh (usually pink, but sometimes orange, yellow, red and sometimes green if not ripe). It is also commonly used to make a variety of salads, mostly notably fruit salad.

Watermelon contains about 6% sugar and 92% water by weight. As with many other fruits, it is the rich source of Vitamin C.

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watermelon is very beneficial fruit. it is rich source of water

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Is watermelon a fruit or a vegetable?

I like watermelon so much I ate 7 kgs at a time in same day hahahah.

Meh favorite

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