Citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus
A cultivatit wattermelon
Scienteefic clessification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Faimily:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Citrullus
Species:	C. lanatus
Binomial name
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Synonyms
Leet Anguria citrullus Mill. Citrullus amarus Schrad. Citrullus anguria (Duchesne) H.Hara Citrullus aquosus Schur Citrullus battich Forssk. Citrullus caffer Schrad. Citrullus caffrorum Schrad. Citrullus chodospermus Falc. & Dunal Citrullus citrullus H.Karst. Citrullus citrullus Small Citrullus edulis Spach Citrullus edulis Pangalo nom. illeg. Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa Citrullus pasteca Sageret Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Colocynthis amarissima Schrad. nom. inval. Colocynthis amarissima Schltdl. Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze Colocynthis citrullus Fritsch Cucumis amarissimus Schrad. Cucumis citrullus (L.) Ser. Cucumis dissectus Decne. Cucumis edulis Steud. nom. inval. Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Steud. Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Schrad. Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad.) E.H.L.Krause Cucurbita anguria Duchesne Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh. Cucurbita citrullus L. Cucurbita gigantea Salisb. Cucurbita pinnatifida Schrank Momordica lanata Thunb.

Citrullus lanatus or wattermelon is a plant species in the faimily Cucurbitaceae, a vine-lik (scrambler an trailer) flouerin plant oreeginally frae sub-Saharan Africae. It is cultivatit for its fruit.

The citron melon (Citrullus caffer) was formerly conseedered a cultivar of the Citrullus lanatus species, but is now conseedered a separait species. Unlik the wattermelon, it is mair bitter and has whit flesh.