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Details for: PI 3986,
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Origin:
Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
28 Dec 1899
PI Assigned:
1900
Inventory Volume:
8
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Origin:
Collected – Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
28 Dec 1899
PI Assigned:
1900
Source History
Collected
Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Collector(s):
Fairchild, David Grandison, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Lathrop, Barbour, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
10674
Place of publication:
Linnaea 12:414. 1838
Verified:
05/10/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucumis colocynthis
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Colocynthis vulgaris
Schrad.
Common names
Language
Name
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Citation
English
bitter-apple
1
Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English
bitter-cucumber
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
colocynth
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
vine-of-Sodom
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
wild gourd
1
Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Arabic
handhal
2
Norton, J. et al.
2009.
Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
French
coloquinte
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Bitter-Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
Koloquinte
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India
tumba
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
colocíntida
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
alhandal
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
coloquíntida
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
kolokvint
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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