Taxon profile

species

Bitter Cucumber
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Cucurbitales » family Cucurbitaceae - cucurbits » genus Citrullus - watermelon

Scientific synonyms

Citrullus colocynthis subsp. insipidus (Pangalo) Fursa
Citrullus colocynthis subsp. stenotomus (Pangalo) Fursa
Citrullus colocynthis var. insipidus Pangalo
Citrullus colocynthis var. stenotomus Pangalo
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo
Citrullus pseudocolocynthis M. Roem.
Colocynthis officinalis Schrad.
Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad.
Cucumis colocynthis L. ^o

Other names

= Bitter Apple
= Colocynth
= Colocynth Melon
= Egusi
= Vine of Sodom

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Israel

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Links and literature

ARKive [/desert-gourd/citrullus-colocynthis/]

ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 16 December 2010

Botanical Society of British Isles [http://www.bsbi.org.uk/], Botany Department, The Natural History Museum [as Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.]
Data retrieved on: 11 May 2012

Danin A.: Flora and Vegetation of Israel [http://www.botanic.co.il/A/defaulte.htm] [as Citrullus colocynthis]
Data retrieved on: 26 February 2009

PLANTS Database [CICO7]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

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