Commonly known as Snap melon in English, Phoot kakdi in Hindi and Kachra in Rajasthani/ Marwari, Cucumis melo belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is an annual creeper type of plant, which is cultivated or grown during monsoon season. The species is drought tolerant to a large extent and thrives well in the regions experiencing low rainfall and hot climate conditions. It is monoceous plant and during early stage of flowering male flowers are produced in abundance, however with passage of time both male and female flowers are produced in more or less equal proportion.