Cantaloupe Cantaloupe Cantaloupe (muskmelon, mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon) or spanspek (South Africa) is a variety of the "Cucumis melo" species in the Cucurbitaceae family. Cantaloupes range in weight from . Originally, "cantaloupe" referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe, but may mean any orange-fleshed melon of "C. melo". China is the world's largest producer of cantaloupes, providing half of the global total in 2016. The name cantaloupe is derived via French "cantaloup" from Italian "Cantalupo," which was formerly a papal county seat near Rome, after the fruit's introduction there from Armenia. It was first mentioned in English literature in
Fruits of Passion sub-plot concerns a coolie rebellion due to the resentment towards Europeans by the local population and a young man desperate to afford O's favors at the brothel. The film was released in France on 3 June 1981 as "Les fruits de la passion" and as "Shanghai Ijin Shōkan - China Doll" in Japan with censoring of the pubic areas in November 1981. The USA release as "Fruits of Passion" with English dubbing occurred in November 1982. A version in Japanese with English subtitles on VHS tape and DVD was published as "Fruits of Passion - The Story of "O" Continued"