| Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai |
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| Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
| Protologue : Cat. Sem. & Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo: 30 (1916) |
| Information on the genus : Citrullus |
| Basionym : Momordica lanata Thunb. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Momordica lanata Thunb. (1794) |
| Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. (1959) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836) |
| =Cucurbita citrullus L. (1753) |
| =Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze (1891) |
| =Cucumis vulgaris E.H.L.Krause |
| =Cucumis colocynthis Thunb. (1794) |
| =Citrullus caffer Schrad. (1834) |
| =Colocynthis amarissima Schrad. (1833) |
| =Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Schrad. (1836) |
| =Cucurbita anguria Duchesne ex Lam. (1786) |
| =Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh. (1836) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual climber or trailer to 3 m long; stems herbaceous. |
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| Ecology : |
Grassland and bushland; also cultivated and persisting in old plantations and cultivation; sand; 0-1350 m alt. Mascarene Isl.; S. Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland; tropical Asia. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
annual-Herb, Climber- Ht 0.5 - 3 m. Alt: 5 - 1785 m. Distribution: BOT, LES, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Vine; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 67-68 (1985).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 3 (1986).
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 64 (1997).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.13]
- GREUTER, W., H. M. BURDET & G. LONG (ed.) (1986). MED-CHECKLIST. [vol. 3] Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. [p.174]
- CASTROVIEJO S. & al. (ed.) (1993). Flora Iberica. Real Jardín Botaníco, C.S.I.C. Servicio de Publicaciones. Madrid. [p.461]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°25842 modified 2007-03-30 |
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