Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. [Cucurbitaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aendri	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aindri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aindrī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
alacai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakaikkommattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alhandal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
allikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
analacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andrayin	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
antimarittan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimarittankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkopattishá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
arruddummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrumari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arruttumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arruttumatti camulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arruttumatti caru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arruttummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
artu-tumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruthummatti	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aruthununatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aruttumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atmaraksh brihavaruni	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
atmaraksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
attacikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attanatipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aulqam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aulqum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avirekam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badi indrayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balibandrakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barra	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
bekh-e-hanzal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bekh-e-henduana talkh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bekh-e-khanpza-e-talkh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bhihatphala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bi sa la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bi-sa-la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter apple	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
bitter apple root	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bitter cucumber	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bitter gourd	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
bitter melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-cucumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-melone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brihadvaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
brihatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
byi sa la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carutka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catamurkkiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempuccuttiyakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedu puchcha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chedu putcha kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedupuccha	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chedupuchcha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
cheeiyakattuvellari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chitraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chitrala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chitrapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitraphalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chitravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitti-papara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittipaapara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittipapara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chota tarbooj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota-tarbooj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cipitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirankita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupacacikkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupeykkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citrullus colocynthis fruit for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
cittirapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittirapalattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colocynth	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
colocynth bitter apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
colocynth pulp	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
colocynthidis fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
colocynthis	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
colocíntida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colocíntide	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
coloquinte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coloquintida	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
coloquíntida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
copotapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cotanicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curapicekam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curapicekkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curnapali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curnapalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvarkkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvetaputpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daasamekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda haale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddahallu mekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eandrī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ebucehilkarpuzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
egusi-baara	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
egyptian colocynth	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
eindri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekir	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
endrayana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
endrī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
erri puchcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eti-puch-cha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eti-puchcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etipuchchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
etipuchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etipunchchha	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gajachirbhira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gare-damer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gareb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gartoomba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
garukhiya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gavaakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gavadani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
gavaksi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
gavākṣī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ghorumba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gorjey-e abu jahl	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
gothakakucti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gothakakudi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
gothkakudi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ground gourd	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gujalk	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
gvadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haavu mekke kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habzal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haj	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
haji qawugh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hamekkae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hamzal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
handal	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
handhal	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
hanjal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
hanthal	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
hanzal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hara mekke kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hara-mekki-kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastidanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hava-mekke-kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havamikke	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
havumakke	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
havumekke	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
havumekke kayi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hedeg	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hedja	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
hendevaney e sangi	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
hendevāneh-aboujahl	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hindavanahe-talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindavanahetalkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindwana-e-talkh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hoa mekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hunzal	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
ilinkapanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indaraunaraghune	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indarayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indarjan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indark	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indarvaranova	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indian colocynth	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indra'yan	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
indraasuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indraavana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indraayana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indrahva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indralvaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indramanoa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indrana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indraphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indrasahva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrasura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrauyan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravaanan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravaaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indravaarunikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
indravallī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indravan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravanan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravaran	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravarana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravarooni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indravaruni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indravarunika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indraveina	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
indravāruṇikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indravāruṇī (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indravāruṇī (leaf)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indravāruṇī (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indrayan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
indrayan ka guda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrayan makhai	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indrayana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
indrayana latha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrayanalata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indrayanoa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
indyaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
insbak	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
intiravallarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intiravarunikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intukitakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intukitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iramakkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamtumma	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
k brihatphala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kaada kavade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kavade kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kavadi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaarkarukamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kabiste-talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappuccirikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappuccirikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappukkummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappukkummattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappumancaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappumancakikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappuvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacappuvellarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccakkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccakkumittikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccalkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu indrayan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kadu-indravani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu-indrayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadukavadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kadurindavana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kaduvrindaavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduvrindavana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kakamarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkaavade kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkavade kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliṅkam	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kantivaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapilakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karniyeca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katival	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kativarkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu vellari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattu vellarikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattuttummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katurasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvelleri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaudatumma	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentuvaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khar-buzahe-rubah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khar-buzahe-talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khar-buzaherubah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharbuzahe-talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharengirirhi	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
kharpaza-e-talkh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khiar gorgu	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
kodu indrayan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kolokvint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
koloquinte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
koloquinthen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
komatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kontanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kor tummah	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
korhtumma	Other	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
kozalk	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kukkalinko	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulekhara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kulinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kumattikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumaḍḍikkāy	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kumbhasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuru-vrandawan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lndark	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lndranan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lndraphal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lndraumarghune	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lndravana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lndrayan	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
maghz-e-khurpuza-e-talkh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mahakal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mahaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahendravaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
mahendri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
makhal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
makkal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mekke-kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirukatcikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogadore colocynth	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mrgabojani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrgadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrgevraru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrigaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mrigadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrigairvaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mrigakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murrah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
nantiyah	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
paaparabudama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paava mekke kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paedikari attutummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paikamatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paikummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paitummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakkuoth	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
palama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paparabudama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paperabudama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paprabudama	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paraikkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasanankaykkulkattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patsakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patukkarakkumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patukkaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pava-makke kayi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pavamekkekai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pavamekkekayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paycumuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payekkumutti	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
paythumatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
peikummatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
peitummatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pekkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
persian colocynth	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
peruncimitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petikarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peukkumutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peuykommutti	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pey-komatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyakkumutti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peycoomutikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peykhumutti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peykkarumpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peykkumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peykkumutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
peykommuti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peykommutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
peymalikakkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peymalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyt-tumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyththumatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peyttumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
peyttummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peytumatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peyvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phidangourgia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
piccikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccikkāy	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
pikrokolokunthia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pikropattishá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
pitinkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putsakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pēykumaḍḍi	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
rahhalasa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rakhal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
rakhal sasa mul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ramya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rigevaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shahm-e-hanzal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shahme-hinzal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sham-e-hanzal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shary	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
shvetapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soumya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suri	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tagalate	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
talaiviriccankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tchegba	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
thiththa labu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
thumaḍḍi	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
thunti kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tippilikkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tippilikkommattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tottalveci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tucakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tucika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tucikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuma	Other	Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
tumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tumbi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tumbo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tumma	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumti kayi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tumtikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuntikai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tunvasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
upavacakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upavacakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urooq-ui-hanzal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
urupriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valiya pekkumatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
valiya pekkummatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
valiyakattuvell	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vallarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valliri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varagamothankodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakamottankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varikkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varikkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varikkummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varikumatikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varippiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varippikikkumutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varit-tumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
variththumaḍḍi	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
varithummati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
varittumatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varittummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varriecoomutie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verikkummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
veripuchchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veriputsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verittumatti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verrccarrilcempucutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verri-puch-cha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verri-puchcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verripuchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicaliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viccalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vine-of-sodom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
visala	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vishaalyka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vishala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild water melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yak komadu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
yakkomadu	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
āṟṟuthummaṭṭi (unripe fruit)	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
śatakratulatā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
αρκοπαττισιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
πικροπαττισιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
التفاح المر‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
العلقم	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
بكوث	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حنضل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حنظل	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لظنح	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
هندوانه ابوجهل	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
තිත්ත ලබු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
යක් කොමඩු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫حنظل	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit without seed		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Aerial parts, fruit		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Seeds, whole plant, root, fruit		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
Fruit	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seeds		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Fructus		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruits, roots		Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Root		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
Root, Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Fruit pulp		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruit, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Root, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruits		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
Leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Fruit pulp, leaves		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
Roots, seeds, fruits		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
roots, fruits	dried roots, dried fruits, bark of fruit	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
fruits	dry fruits	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
pulp, root, leaves, fruit, flower	dried pulp of ripe fruit, dried fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit	fresh fruit	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
root		Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
fruit pulp		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
fruits, seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried peeled cut pieces of the fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	dried root	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit, seed		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Fruit, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruit	unripe fruit	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1833: 2 (1833).
Cucumis colocynthis L. Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753).
Citrullus colocynthis var. bipinnatifidus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 211 (1866).
Citrullus colocynthis var. indicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 211 (1866).
Citrullus colocynthis var. insipidus Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 73 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Citrullus colocynthis subsp. insipidus (Pangalo) Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 39 (1972).
Citrullus colocynthis var. officinalis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 211 (1866).
Citrullus colocynthis var. stenotomus Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 72 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Citrullus colocynthis subsp. stenotomus (Pangalo) Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 39 (1972).
Citrullus colocynthis var. wenderothii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 211 (1866).
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 66 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Citrullus pseudocolocynthis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 50 (1846).
Colocynthis officinalis Schrad. Linnaea 12: 421 (1838).
Cucumis bipinnatifidus Wight ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 99 (1859), not validly publ.
Cucumis colocynthoides Schult. Observ. Bot.: 194 (1809).
Cucurbita colocyntha Link Handbuch 1: 643 (1829).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cilrullus colocynthis (Linn) Schrd	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Citrullus colocynthis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Sch.	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schard.	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafni et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) schrad.	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
Citrullus colocynthis (L.)Schrad.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Citrullus colocynthis (Linn.) Schrad.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Citrullus colocynthis (Linné) Schrader	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Citrullus colocynthis L.	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018) Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Citrullus colocynthis Schard	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Citrullus colocynthis Schard.	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Citrullus colocynthis Schrad	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Citrullus colocynthus Schrader	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Citrulus colocynthis L. Schader	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
Colocynthis vulgaris	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Cucumis colocynthis L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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