Talk:Citron melon

Photo of the flowering vine would be helpful + its use in Latino & Mexican Cuisine

If anyone has a good photo of the vine of this plant in the flowering stage, it would be helpful since I have seen fruits like this growing in community gardens and backyards in Los Angeles. Recently a huge quantity was donated to a local foodbank and some clients were perplexed as to what to do with it. The article was helpful to a degree. More info on it's use in Latino and Mexican Cuisine would be helpful. The reason I even found this article was because I was trying to help clients find out more about the fruit they were being given as their "Vegetable allotment", many of them were old and of Eatern European Jewish descent. They guessed it might be something to pickle just by cutting it open but some general info on New World uses would be helpful. I'll try to gather some info myself, but other editors with an interest in this area are politely invited to help improve the article. Thank you! LiPollis (talk) 19:02, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

There's much more information available under some of the other names for the plant which I've just added. A web search for "jam melon" seems particularly productive, though not from the cuisines you mention. (I think the flowering plant looks very much like a watermelon plant. Or perhaps your contacts may be able to provide a photo.)Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:27, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

"Lerotse" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Lerotse has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 31 § Lerotse until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 15:02, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Citrullus Caffer name missing

For the entire history of this plant, until 2024, this was the scientific name for it. I understand that the name change was done for cultural sensitivity reasons, and understandably so. However, the Legacy and impact of these names should not be forgotten. There are countless sources that still refer to it by it's old scientific name. If I'm not mistaken sources used in the citation still use this scientific name. We need to give an explanation as to why people are seeing this older name, and why it was changed. Ignoring the history of something is not in line with in NPOV ~2025-41514-57 (talk) 08:52, 18 December 2025 (UTC)