Citrullus colocynthis(CITCO)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: CITCO
- Preferred name: Citrullus colocynthis
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Schrader
Native to Southern Mediterranean, Central Asia (Turkmenistan), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), Sénégal to Somalia, Côte d'Ivoire. Cultivated since ancient times.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Colocynthis vulgaris | Linnaeus |
| Cucumis colocynthis | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bitter apple | English |
| bitter-apple | English |
| bitter cucumber | English |
| colocynth | English |
| desert gourd | English |
| perennial wild melon | English |
| Arbuse | German |
| Bitterapfel | German |
| Bitter-Apfel | German |
| Koloquinte | German |
| Wassermelone | German |
| coloquinthe | French |
| coloquintida | Spanish |
| naranja purgante | Spanish |
| tuera | Spanish |
| coloquinda | Italian |
| coloquintide | Italian |
| pomo amaro | Italian |
| popone amaro | Italian |
| colocíntida | Portuguese |
| macieira-colocintida | Portuguese |
| meloeiro-bravo | Portuguese |
| kolokvint | Swedish |
| арбуз колоцинт | Russian |
| kolokvint | Danish |
| kolokvint | Norwegian |
| kolokvintti | Finnish |
| acı karpuz | Turkish |
| avattiach happakku'ah | Hebrew |
| אֲבַטִּיחַ הַפַּקּוּעָה | Hebrew |
| arbuz kolokwinta | Polish |
| kolocynta | Polish |
| kolokwinta | Polish |
| колоцинт | Bulgarian |
| coloquinta | Catalan |
| indrayan | Hindi |
| chitra | Sanskrit |
| gavakshi | Sanskrit |
| indravaruni | Sanskrit |
| кавун колоцинт | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Cucurbitales (
1CUCO )
Family
Cucurbitaceae (
1CUCF )
Genus
Citrullus (
1CITG )
Species
Citrullus colocynthis (
CITCO )