EPPO Global Database

Citrullus lanatus(CITLA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CITLA
  • Preferred name: Citrullus lanatus
  • Authority: (Thunberg) Matsumura & Nakai

Notes

Native to the Mediterranean region (Southeast), Sudan, Ethiopia. Cultivated as a vegetable. Introduced in a few European countries, Central Asia (except Kirgizstan), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Vietnam, Laos), Malesia (Java), China, other parts of  Africa, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Northwest, Brazil to Argentina), Australia (except Tasmania), New Zealand.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Citrullus lanatus var. caffer (Schrader) Mansfeld
Citrullus vulgaris Schrader
Colocynthis citrullus (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
citrul English
egusi melon English
water melon English
watermelon English
Wassermelone German
melon d'eau French
pastèque French
melón de agua Spanish
patilla Spanish
sandía Spanish
anguria Italian
cocomero Italian
melone d'acqua Italian
pastecca Italian
watermeloen Dutch
cambiambia Portuguese (AO)
melancia Portuguese
melancia brava Portuguese
melancieira Portuguese
vattenmelon Swedish
suika Japanese
スイカ Japanese
арбуз обыкновенный Russian
vandmelon Danish
vannmelon Norwegian
vesimeloni Finnish
karpuz Turkish
avatiach pashut Hebrew
אֲבַטִּיחַ פָּשׁוּט Hebrew
bitterboela Afrikaans
bitterkalbas Afrikaans
bitterwaatlemoen Afrikaans
karkoer Afrikaans
tsamma Afrikaans
waatlemoen Afrikaans
wildewaatlemoen Afrikaans
arbuz zwyczajny Polish
kawon Polish
görögdinnye Hungarian
shalqi Albanian
dellah Arabic
tarmooz Bengali
диня Bulgarian
sindriera Catalan
xī guā Chinese
西瓜 Chinese
lubenica  Croatian
lubenice obecná Czech
vodní meloun Czech
tarbooj Hindi
tarbuj Hindi
tarbuza Hindi
तरबूज Hindi
수 박 Korean
su bak Korean
arbūzai Lithuanian
harbuz Romanian
lubenita Romanian
pepene duce Romanian
pepene verde Romanian
dyňa červená Slovak
vodní meloun Slovak
tikitimaji Swahili
кавун звичайний Ukrainian