"Cucumis melo reticulatus" sunan kimiyya ne wanda ke nufin takamaiman nau'in kankana da aka sani da "kankan da aka ƙulla" ko "cantaloupe". Kalmar "Cucumis" tana nufin asalin shuka, yayin da "melo" shine nau'in sunan nau'in guna, kuma "reticulatus" yana nufin "net-like" a cikin harshen Latin, yana kwatanta tsarin fata na 'ya'yan itace.
