Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#a'ani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
/otsamab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ab tarbuz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afghan-melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
afglida melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
afwoto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
alpapramanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amamnyet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anguria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anincepakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anincepam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
au(se)tsama.s	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ausetsamas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
babban lemu	Other	Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
bachchangaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachhangaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastard melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bastard-melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bateekh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
bawora	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beteka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betteikh-e-hendi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bitter melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterappel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterwaatlemoen	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
brihadgold	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bvani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camel melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carkkaraikkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carukkaraikkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carukkaraikkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaya-pula	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)
cikappukkommatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinkiruki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirattavikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civaninankai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civaninankaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colocynth	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common wild melon of south africa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cucurbita citrullus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
darbooji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darbuje	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dasamekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
desert melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dharbusini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dilpasand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
domaliua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dry melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egusi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egusi melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekanuwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekanwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enuua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga leliua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga leliwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lemuwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lepuputa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomumbada	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomungengo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etanga lomungongo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
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)
gwadi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
habu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
halinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hendevāneh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hindwana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hán guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ibece	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibotola	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ijodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikhabe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
illagasane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inopi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
itikitiki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ityabontyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jamuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
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)
kachrehn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafferwaatlemoen	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kalahari melon	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
kalinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kalingad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalingada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalingin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallangaday	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)
karbuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkoer	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karkool	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karpoúzi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
karubooja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karukkummatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katjama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kgengwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khakha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khama melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kolokwint	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
komadu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
kotimpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnabijartula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttoowombi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ladan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latapanasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lehapu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lehlikihli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lekatane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lerotse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lethikithi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madhuraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm tarbuz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm tarbuz nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghze tarbuz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahlitihli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
majoda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makakabane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makapuntjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makataan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makatane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mamicapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandeki-patak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manwiwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manyani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marotse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mathikithi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mathyathya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matikiti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matikitiki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matiro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maturapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melancia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melon de agua	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
melância	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
meta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirabilite preparation	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
mirabilitum praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
mkikili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokatse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokgatse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motshatsha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtikiti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubvembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mufera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munwiwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutrala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutuhumusu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nakati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
namunye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narracuene	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
natamra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
niri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ohanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omanuua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omumbada	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ontanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pattísha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
pie melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pitcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitcha pullum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitchaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poiychaviral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pullum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putcha kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajatinisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
runovi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rushambwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
samanka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandía	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
semangka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirnavrinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivalasipisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soetwaatlemoen	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
subag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
suika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sukhasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukhavasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
t'sama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
t'samma melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takanacani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tamah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tappuci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarambuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarampujam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbooj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbooz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbuz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tarbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarppucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarpucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruppucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tava	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tecamika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tecamikakkoti	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)
thama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tharbooj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tharbuzapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thoomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
timun cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tindisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiān shēng bái hǔ tāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tjoto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama watermelon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsama.b/s	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsamma watermelon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsammawaatlemoen	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tucikakkumitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turmuz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umxoxozi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vattakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattenmelon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vrittaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wassermelone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water melon	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
watermelon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
watesan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
white watermelon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild water melon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild watermelon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde melone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde wassermelone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xi gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xi gua pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xiguashuang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
xià guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xī guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yellow watermelon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|otsama.b	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
şiftî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
καρπούζι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
παττίσια	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
بطيخ هندي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هندوانه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කොමඩු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫بطيخ‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
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.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜子仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜子壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜根叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西瓜霜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	ripped flesh fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Fructus	Fresh	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, fruit peel		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
pulp, flesh		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stem, leaves		Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
pulp, seed, leaves, fruit, root	juice, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit rind		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	ripped flesh fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 58 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Citrullus edulis Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 214 (1838).
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & C.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 279 (1836).
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 256 (1891).
Cucurbita citrullus L. Sp. Pl.: 1010 (1753).
Momordica lanata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13 (1794), nom. cons.
Anguria citrullus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Add. (1768).
Citrullus anguria (Duchesne) H.Hara Taxon 2: 134 (1953).
Citrullus aquosus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 221 (1866).
Citrullus battich Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 167 (1775).
Citrullus battich var. lanatus (Thunb.) H.Hara Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 61: 4 (1948).
Citrullus caffrorum Schrad. Linnaea 12: 413 (1838).
Citrullus chodospermus Falc. & Dunal Bull. Soc. Centr. Agric. Dép. Hérault 1836: 264 (1836).
Citrullus citrullus H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 889 (1882).
Citrullus citrullus Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 606 (1898).
Citrullus edulis Pangalo Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 44 (1929-1930 publ. 1930), nom. illeg.
Citrullus lanatus var. albidus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum (Alef.) Fosberg Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 15 (1980).
Citrullus lanatus subsp. cordophanus Ter-Avan. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 51: 423 (1966), no type indicated
Citrullus lanatus var. cordophanus (Ter-Avan.) Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 38 (1972), not validly publ. as only a neotype is indicated.
Citrullus lanatus var. minor (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus f. nigroseminius (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. oblongus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 181 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. pulcherrimus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. pumilus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 181 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. rotundus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. senegalicus Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 39 (1972), no type indicated.
Citrullus lanatus var. shami (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 181 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. variegatus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. virgatus (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 181 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus var. viridis (Chakrav.) Maheshw. Indian J. Forest. 1: 180 (1978).
Citrullus lanatus subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 37 (1972).
Citrullus lanatus var. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 38 (1972).
Citrullus mucosospermus var. senegalicus (Fursa) Fursa Trudy Prikl. Bot. 81: 111 (1983).
Citrullus pasteca Sageret Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 312 (1826).
Citrullus vulgaris var. caffrorum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. depressus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. ellipsoideus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. erythrospermus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. jacaeus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 209 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. lanatus (Thunb.) L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 186 (1930).
Citrullus vulgaris var. maximus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. naudinii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. pasteca (Sageret) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 210 (1866).
Citrullus vulgaris var. rimosus Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1858: 26 (1858).
Colocynthis amarissima Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 70 (1836).
Cucumis amarissimus Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1829: [2] (1829).
Cucumis citrullus (L.) Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 301 (1828).
Cucumis citrullus var. jace Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 301 (1828).
Cucumis citrullus var. pasteca Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 301 (1828).
Cucumis dissectus Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 449 (1834).
Cucumis edulis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 451 (1840), not validly publ.
Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 451 (1840).
Cucumis purpureus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 12 (1790), nom. nud.
Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 246 (1904).
Cucurbita anguria Duchesne in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 158 (1786).
Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 279 (1836).
Cucurbita gigantea Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796).
Cucurbita pinnatifida Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 190 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Citrullus edulis Spach.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrullus lanatus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Citrullus lanatus (Thun.) Mat. & Nakai.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunabery) Matsum. Nakai	Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Marsum. Et Nakai	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. Et Nakai	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. et Makai	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mats. et Nakai	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumara & Nakai	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumu. et Nakai	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai var. lanatus	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)Mansf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)Matsum. & Nakai	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunberg) Mansfeld	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Citrullus vulgaris	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Citrullus vulgaris L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Citrullus vulgaris Schrader	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Colocynthis citrullus (L.)Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Colocynthis citrullus (Linn.) O. Ktze	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cucurbita citrullus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucurbita citrulus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Momordica lanata Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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