Citrullus lanatus Matsumura & Nakai 1916
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Botany and Ecological Studies, University of Uyo, Nigeria.
Description
1. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai (1916: 30, no. 854) (Fig. 3)
Basionym:— Momordica lanata Thunberg (1794: 13).
Synonyms:— Cucumis citrullus Ser. in De Candolle (1828: 301).
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. in Ecklon & Zeyher (1836: 279).
Citrullus edulis Spach (1838: 214).
Local Name: —Ikpan mbakara (Annang), Ikon mbakara (Ibibio).
Common Name: —Watermelon.
Habitat: —Cultivated farmland.
Description:— Herb, trailing, can be pendant. Stem herbaceous, trailing, angular, pubescent, 0.5–0.7 cm diam.; tendrils 2-fid. Leaves simple, alternately arranged, petiolate, glabrous, palmately lobed with 5 lobes, green; petiole cylindrical, herbaceous, 4–7 cm long. Inflorescence solitary or axillary, emanating from leaf node, pedunculate, peduncle 2–3 cm long, pubescent. Flowers pentamerous, calyx with 5 sepals, pubescent; corolla with 5 petals, yellow, 1.5–2 cm long. Fruit pepos, circular, cylindrical, irregular, green, sometimes with patches of deep green or deep green strands, with many seeds borne in reddish pulp. Seed flat, black, 0.8 × 0.4 cm.
Location in Akwa Ibom:— Essien Udim, Oruk Anam, Uyo, and Ibesikpo Asutan.
Abundance:— It existed in 27% of the sampling points and was rare.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Matsumura & Nakai
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Citrullus
- Species
- lanatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Citrullus lanatus Matsumura, 1916 sec. Umoh & Bassey, 2021
References
- Matsumura, J. & Nakai, T. (1916) Catalogus seminum et sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis per annos 1915 et 1916 lectorum. Imperialis, Tokyo, 33 pp.
- Thunberg, C. P. (1794) Prodromus Plantarum Capensicum. Vol. 1. J. Edman, Uppsala, 83 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 84
- De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 3. Treuttel & Wurtz, Paris, 494 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 286
- Ecklon, C. & Zeyher, C. (1836) Enumeratio plantarum Africae australis extratropicae qua collectae, determinatae et expositae. Vol. 2. Perthes & Besser, Hamburg, 255 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 48
- Spach, P. M. E. (1838) Historoire naturelle des vegetaux. Phanerogames. Vol. 6. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 588 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 44839