Citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus

Synonymy

Source: Henning, T., Holstein, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2017+): Cucurbitaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 1915-1916: 30. 1916
  • Momordica lanata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 13. 1794, nom. cons. prop.
  • =Cucurbita citrullus L., Sp. Pl.: 1010. 1753
  • Cucumis citrullus (L.) Ser. in Candolle, Prodr. 3: 301. 1828
  • Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. in Ecklon & Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afr. Austral.: 279. 1836
  • Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 256. 1891
  • =Citrullus battich Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. Arab.: 167. 1775, nom. rej. prop.

Distribution

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Euro+Med not endemicA: Albania casualB; Armenia introducedC; Austria, with Liechtenstein (Austria casualD); Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan (core) introducedE, Nakhchivan introducedE); Azores (Faial casualF, Terceira casualF); Baleares casualG (Mallorca introducedH); Bosnia-Herzegovina casualI; Bulgaria cultivatedJ; Corsica casualK; Crimea introducedL; Croatia naturalisedM; Czech Republic casualN; Denmark casualO; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands introduced: uncertain degree of naturalisationG,P); Finland casualO; Former Yugoslavia casualG; Georgia introducedQ; Germany casualR; Great Britain casualS; Greece casualT; Hungary cultivatedU; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City naturalisedM,V; Libya naturalisedW; Lithuania introducedX; Madeira archipelago casualW; Moldova cultivatedY,Z; Montenegro introducedAA; Norway casualO; Romania cultivatedAB,AC; Russia (C European Russia introducedL, E European Russia introducedL, Kaliningrad region introducedX, NW European Russia introducedAD, North Caucasus introducedQ, S European Russia introducedL); Sardinia naturalisedV; Serbia, with Kosovo and Montenegro cultivatedAE; Sicily, with Malta (Malta naturalisedAF,G, Sicily naturalisedV); Slovenia naturalisedM; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra (Spain introducedAG); Sweden casualO; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part casualAH,G); Ukraine, with Crimea cultivatedAI,Y

Common Names

Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese (Spain): sandíaAJ; Basque (Spain): angurriAJ, angurriaAJ, cui andiarin batAJ; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): carabassa de cabells d´angelAJ, cindriaAJ, cindrieraAJ, cindríaAJ, melonera d´AlgerAJ, meló de moroAJ, meló d´AlgerAJ, meló d´aiguaAJ, sindrieraAJ, síndriaAJ, síndrieraAJ, xíndriaAJ; Finnish (Finland): vesimeloniAK; Galician (Spain): sandíaAJ; Majorcan (Mallorca): cidracayaAJ, cindrieraAJ, sindriaAJ, sindrieraAJ, sindríaAJ, síndriaAJ; Portuguese (Portugal): abobara chilaAJ, balanciaAJ, bateaAJ, bathecaAJ, chilacaiotaAJ, gilacaiotaAJ, melanciaAJ, melancieiraAJ; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): albathecaAJ, albudecaAJ, albudegaAJ, anguriaAJ, badeaAJ, badea de aguaAJ, badea de algunosAJ, balanciaAJ, batecaAJ, bathecaAJ, calabaza de cabello de ángelAJ, carabacera de cabellosAJ, carabacera de dulceAJ, carabacera de hilosAJ, chilacayoteAJ, cidra cayoteAJ, cidracayotaAJ, cidracayoteAJ, ciracalloteAJ, melón de aguaAJ, sandiaAJ, sandíaAJ, zandiaAJ, zandíaAJ; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): vattenmelonAK

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