Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 10

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai

GRIN Nomen number: 10675

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Common Name: Afghan melon (English), albudeca (Spanish), bastard-melon (English), bitter-melon (English), citron–melon (English), cukatnyj arbuz (Transliterated Russian), egusi (Nigeria-Yoruba), egusi melon (English), fodder-melon (English), Futtermelone (German), kormovoj arbuz (Transliterated Russian), melancia (Portuguese), melon d’eau (French), pastèque (French), preserving–melon (English), sandía (Spanish), stock–melon (English), subag (Transcribed Korean), suika (Japanese Rōmaji), tsammamelon (English), vattenmelon (Swedish), Wassermelone (German), watermelon (English), wild watermelon (English), wild melon (English), xi gua (Transcribed Chinese).

Native: AFRICA - Southern Africa : Botswana ; Lesotho; Namibia ; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape .

Naturalized: widely naturalized elsewhere.

Field Infestation: Mziray et al. 2010b: From March 2007 to March 2008, a total of 42 fruits (0.43 kg) was collected from the Morogoro region of Tanzania. B. latifrons was recovered in 1 of 42 collections (2.38%) with an overall infestation rate of 0.04 B. latifrons per kg of fruit (1.61 flies per kg infested fruits).

Citrullus lantus var. caffer (Schrad.) Mansf. , see Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai

Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. ex Eckl and Zeyh. , see Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai

Citrullus vulgaris var. citroides L. H. Bailey , see Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai