NatureWorld record
Heaviest watermelon
Record
159 kg
351 lb
- Holder
- Carolina Cross
- Year
- Standing since
- 2013 (13 years)
What to remember
In 2013, a 'Carolina Cross' watermelon reached 159 kg, or 351 lb. It is the heaviest watermelon on record.
For scale, a watermelon usually weighs between 5 and 12 kg; miniature sugar baby varieties weigh 1 to 4 kg, and some large watermelons exceed 20 kg.
The watermelon, Citrullus lanatus, belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its modern form was first domesticated and grown in Sudan.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Watermelon” (revision used 1374422516). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia ), Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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