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Non-scientific name:

water melon

1 Accepted name(s) for "water melon":

Accepted name
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

7 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Citrullus lanatus Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumara & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Root
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumara & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Citrullus lanatus Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Fruit, Root, Seeds
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Citrullus vulgaris Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.

MPNS Best Guess

 Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai Seed
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Citrullus vulgaris Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai pulp, flesh

74 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "water melon":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
alpapramanaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachchangaayi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachhangaayi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beteka Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bitter apple Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
brihadgold Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chayaphula Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chelana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitraphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitravallika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbooji Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dasamekke Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dharbusini Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eti puchha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghrinaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
godumba Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
han kua Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hsi kua Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hán guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaalenga hannu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalengu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalingana balli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinga Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalingada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangadi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangadi balli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangadi hannu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangare Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karubooja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
komadu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
krishnabijartula Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latapanasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhuraphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matira Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matiro Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melon d'eau Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
meta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutrala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natamra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patilla Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
putcha kaaya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qarbuz Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
raggi Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
rajatinisha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktabija Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semongka Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
seta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirnavrinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuti Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sukhasha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukhavasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarambuja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbooj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbooz Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tembikai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
terbuz Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tharbooj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tindisa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiān shēng bái hǔ tāng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vrittaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
watermelon Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild water melon Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
xià guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xī guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yang ch'i kua Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
කොමඩු Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
夏瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天生白虎汤 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
寒瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)