Herbaria

Family

Cucurbitaceae

subfamily

Genus

Citrullus Schrad. ex Eck. & Zeyh.

Species

Citrullus colocynthis (L)Schrad.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L)Schrad.

citation

Linnaea 12: 414 (1838)

herbariaSynonyms

Cucumis colocynthis L.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

TANE (Mm- S-Ge- Da)

ALEX (Mm-Ms- Di-S- Ge)

CAIA (Dg)

CAI (Mm- Ms-Nv-Nn-Ol-On-Ge-Da-Dn-Dg-Ra-Ra-S)

CAIM (Mm-Nn- On- S- Dg-Di-Ra- Dn- Ge )

SCUI (Dg- Di)

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herbariaSubLocality

TANE (Wadi Abu Zeituna(St 11) Wadi Feiran(St 47) Sallum,6 Km to the South (St 55) Sallum Gebel Elba Naqb El-Hawa(St 20) Gebel Abu Hadid Red Sea Red Sea Coast Wadi Allaqi))

CAIA (N:32° 7' 29.475'' E:30° 3' 34.279

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

TANE (5 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1)

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

TANE

ALEX

CAIA

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

TANE (17)

ALEX (10)

CAIA (2)

CAI (224)

Habitat

Wadi beds and sandy grounds

FlFrperiod

May - August

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Handhal حنظل

EnglishName

bitter apple/ wild gourd

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

Mediterranean Basin and AsiaLi

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Batanouny, K.H. 1999. wild Medicinal Plants in Egypt: 168, pl.38-39. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt.IUCN, Switzerland, Cairo, Egypt

Heneidak, S. 2008. TAxonomic Revision of wild species of Cucurbitaceae in Egypt. Taeckholmia 28: 21-55

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

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