8598.000 Citrullus Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.

Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Herbs, trailing or climbing; annual or perennial; tendrils simple or proximately 2-3(-4)-fid. Leaves simple, usually deeply pinnately lobed. Flowers solitary, yellow; calyx short, campanulate; lobes moderately large; petals 5, united below middle. Fruit medium to large, globose or sub-spherical, greenish; pericarp firm; mesocarp fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds many usually ovate, compressed, smooth or slightly rough.

Worldwide: 3 species in Africa and Asia.

DRC: 1 cultivated taxon.

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lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & NakaiDescription, Image

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Citrullus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Citrullus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Citrullus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Citrullus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Citrullus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Citrullus
JSTOR Plant Science: Citrullus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Citrullus
Plants of the World Online: Citrullus
Tropicos: Citrullus
Wikipedia: Citrullus

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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cultivated plants: genus page: Citrullus.
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