Citrullus lanatus, (Thunb.) Mansfeld
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1. C. lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld View in CoL , Kulturpfl. (Beih.) 2: 421 (1959)
(C. vulgaris Schrader , Colocynthis citrullus (L.) O. Kuntze).
Annual. Stems c. 10 mm in diameter, densely villous. Leaves 8-20 x 5-15 cm, ovate in outline, pinnatisect, with lobed segments. Calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate; corolla-lobes c. 15 mm, ovateoblong, obtuse. Ovary densely lanate. Fruit c. 25 cm in diameter, subglobose or ellipsoid, smooth, greenish; pulp red, succulent. Widely cultivated in S. Europe for its edible fruits (water-melon). (S. Africa.)
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Citrullus lanatus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
C. lanatus (Thunb.)
| Mansfeld 1959: 421 |