Citrullus lanatus
Content
Description
Annual herb, shoots to 3 m long, stem 2-4 mm diam., soft grey-hairy, hairs 2-3(-5) mm long.
Leaves:
Fruit solitary, ripening (pale) green or greyish green without or with stripes or blotches, or yellow, (sub)globose or ellipsoid, 20-30(-60) cm long, glabrescent, smooth;
Seeds white, brown or nearly black, 6-12 mm long, smooth or ± rough, margin absent or present.
Uses
Citrullus lanatus, the watermelon, is popular and cultivated everywhere in various cultivars for its fruits. Discarded seeds easily give rise to temporary spontaneous occurrence.
Citation
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 49 – In: Sandakania
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 662
I.Telford 1982 – In: Fl. Australia: 173
Paje & Van der Vossen 1994 – In: PROSEA: 144
H.Hara 1969: p. 346. – In: Taxon: f. 5
Backer 1964 – In: Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 300
Craib 1931: Fl. Siam.: 760
Matsum. & Nakai 2008 – In: Fl. Thailand: 422