CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS
Author:
Heinrich Adolph Schrader, 1838
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Chad, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicily, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Yemen
Elevation:
Publisher:
Schrad. (1838). In: Linnaea 12: 414.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
6 Centimetres
Height:
2-3 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Cucumis colocynthis, L. 1753.
Colocynthis vulgaris, Schrad. 1833.
Citrullus colocynthis subsp. insipidus. Fursa.
Citrullus colocynthis subsp. stenotomus, Fursa.
Citrullus colocynthoides, Pangalo
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Citrullus pseudocolocynthis, M.Roem.
Colocynthis officinalis, Schrad.
Cucumis bipinnatifidus, Wight ex Naudin.
Cucumis colocynthoides, Pi.Savi.
Cucurbita colocyntha, Link.
The genera name from Medieval Latin citrullus, citrolus, a kind of cucumber, from (assumed) Old Italian dialect citrulo (Italian cetriolo), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin citriolum, from Late Latin citrium, a kind of cucumber, from Latin, citron, from citrus.
The species name from Greek; kolokynthe, the vernacular name for the cucurbitaceous plant. Male flower from Philou.i234.me. A whole plant by Leif & Anita Stridvall, Biolib.cz. Two young roots by Apostolou Stavros, Public.fotki.com. More plants from Kuwait. Wild plant on Fuerteventura.
Flower
Yellow
Soil
Sandy
Water
Minimum - Medium
Sun
Maximum
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