For green citron melons, see Cantaloupe. For the citrus fruit, see Citron.For other uses of "citron", see Citron (disambiguation).
Citron melon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Cucurbitales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Genus:
Citrullus
Species:
C. caffer
Binomial name
Citrullus caffer
Schrad.
Synonyms[1]
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo
Citrullus colocynthoides var. citroides (L.H. Bailey) Millan
Citrullus lanatus var. caffer (Schrad.) Mansf.
Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum (Alef.) Fosberg
Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.
Citrullus vulgaris var. caffrorum Alef.
Citrullus vulgaris var. citroides L. H. Bailey
The citron melon (Citrullus caffer), also called Citrullus lanatus var. citroides[1] and Citrullus amarus,[2]fodder melon,[2]preserving melon,[2]red-seeded citron,[1]jam melon,[1]stock melon,[2]Kalahari melon[3] or tsamma melon,[2] is a relative of the watermelon. It is from the family Cucurbitaceae which consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds. Native to arid landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa, it has been a wild source of nutrition and hydration for humans for an extraordinarily long time. Its fruit has a hard white flesh, rendering it less likely to be eaten raw in the modern era; more often it is pickled or used to make fruit preserves, and is used for cattle feed.[4] It is especially useful for fruit preserves, because it has a high pectin content.[5]
^ abcdNesom, G.L. (2011), "Toward consistency of taxonomic rank in wild/domesticated Cucurbitaceae" (PDF), Phytoneuron, 2011–13: 1–33
^ abcde"Citrullus amarus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^Vermaak, I (2011). "African seed oils of commercial importance - Cosmetic applications". South African Journal of Botany. 77 (4): 920–933. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2011.07.003.
^Laghetti, G.; Hammer, K. (2007). "The Corsican citron melon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai subsp. lanatus var. citroides (Bailey) Mansf. ex Greb.) a traditional and neglected crop". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 54 (4): 913–916. doi:10.1007/s10722-007-9220-y. S2CID 37535961.
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