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Citrullus lanatus

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Thunberg) Matsumura & Nakai

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Libya
• Sudan

Natural Habitats

• Riverside.

Flowering Times

• Apr-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Oct (China)

Annual herbaceous tendril vine climbing or creeping to 10m, with villous or glabrous stems, scarcely scandent or prostrate herb with tendrils to 5-branched. 3-5 lobed deeply divided leaves to 200mm x 190mm, lanate pubescent above, puberulous beneath. Staminate & pistillate solitary 30mm pale yellow flowers, 5-lobed calyx, corolla yellow within, greenish without. Fruits to 600mm x 300mm, greenish, variously spotted.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Johns 1979
• Huxley 1992
• Rubatzky 1997
• Viking 1999
• Manandhar 2002
• Mobot
• FOC
• FONZ
• Welw
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOTA
• GBS
• FZ
• Wiart
• Traditional Vegetables in Benin