Citrullus colocynthis, (L.) Schrader
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2. C. colocynthis (L.) Schrader View in CoL , Linnaea 12: 414 (1838)
( Colocynthis vulgaris Schrader ).
Perennial. Stems c. 2 mm in diameter, hispid. Leaves 5-1 2x3-8 cm, 1- to 2-pinnatisect with 3-5 sinuate-lobed segments. Calyx-lobes subulate; corollalobes c. 5 mm, ovate, acute. Ovary sparsely hispid. Fruit c. 4 cm, globose, smooth, yellow; pericarp dry. S. part o f the Mediterranean region; cultivated elsewhere for its purgative fruits and often naturalized. G r Hs Si [Hu It Rm]. (Arid regions o f N. Africa and Asia.)
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Citrullus colocynthis
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
C. colocynthis (L.)
| Schrader 1838: 414 |