Wassermelone
(Citrullus lanatus)
Photo und copyright Harald
Geier
VI - IX, Kulturpflanze
Bonn
Synonyme:
Anguria citrullus Mill.; Citrullus amarus Schrad.; Citrullus anguria (Duches.) Hara; Citrullus aquosus Schur; Citrullus caffor Schrad.; Citrullus caffrorum Schrad.; Citrullus chodospermus Fal. & Dun.; Citrullus citrullus (L.) Karst.; Citrullus citrullus (L.) Small; Citrullus colocynthis var. capensis Alef.; Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai; Citrullus edulis Spach; Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.; Citrullus lanatus f. amarus (Schrad.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Citrullus lanatus f. nigroseminius (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus ssp. cordophanus Ter-Avan.; Citrullus lanatus ssp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa; Citrullus lanatus var. albidus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum (Alefeld) F.R. Fosberg; Citrullus lanatus var. capensis (Alef.) Fursa; Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (Bailey) Mansf.; Citrullus lanatus var. cordophanus (Ter-Avan.) Fursa; Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Steward) C.R. Babu; Citrullus lanatus var. minor (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. oblongus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. pulcherrimus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. pumilus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. rotundus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. shami (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. variegatus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. virgatus (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus lanatus var. viridis (Chakravarty) J.K. Maheshwari; Citrullus pasteca Sageret; Citrullus vulgaris Schrader; Citrullus vulgaris var. caffrorum Alef.; Citrullus vulgaris var. citroides Bailey; Colocynthis amarissima Schrad.; Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze; Colocynthis citrullus f. nigro-seminius Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus Fritsch; Colocynthis citrullus var. albidus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. minor Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. oblongus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. pulcherrimus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. pumilus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. rotundus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. shami Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. variegatus Chakravarty; Colocynthis citrullus var. viridis Chakravarty; Colocynthis var. pulcherrimus Chakravarty; Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad.; Cucubertia citrullus L.; Cucumis amarissimus Schrad.; Cucumis citrullus (L.) Seringe; Cucumis colocynthis Thunb.; Cucumis dissectus Decne.; Cucumis edulis Steud.; Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Steud.; Cucumis vulgaris E. H. L. Krause; Cucurbita anguria Duchesne; Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh.; Cucurbita citrullus L.; Cucurbita gigantea Salisb.; Cucurbita pinnatifida Schrank; Momordica lanata Thunb.
English name:
Watermelon
Verbreitung in Deutschland:
Selten
verwilderte Kulturpflanze.
Samen werden über Klärschlamm verbreitet
Gefährdung in Deutschland:
Nicht anwendbar
Weltweite Verbreitung:
Mauritania, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Socotra, Transvaal, Oranje Free State, Natal, Cape, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana,
Eingebürgert in:
*S-Europe,
*Mauritius, *Réunion, *Rodrigues, *Madagascar, *Seychelles, Algeria,
C-Sahara, N-Sahara, NC-Sahara, NW-Sahara, W-Sahara, *Costa Rica, *Western Australia, *Northern Territory, *Southern Australia, *Queensland, *New South Wales, *Victoria, *Sri Lanka, *India, *Java, *Galapagos Isl., Peru - Amazonian lowlands, *Peru - coastal, *Jamaica, *Panama, *Puerto Rico, *Haiti, *Dominican Republic, *Venezuela, *Ecuador, *China, *Japan, *British Guyana, *Surinam, *French Guiana, *Nicaragua, *Brazil (*Mato Grosso, etc.), *Bahamas, *Belize, *Mexico, *Afghanistan, *Pakistan, *Azores, *Madeira, *Andamans (*Little Andaman Isl., *South Andamans), *Burma, *Nepal, *Pakistan, *Bolivia, *Argentina, *Cuba, *Taiwan, *American Samoa (*Manua Isl.), *Cook Isl. (*Rarotonga), *Gilbert Isl., *Marshall Isl. (*Eniwetok, *Kwajalein, *Jaluit), *Micronesia (*Ulithi, *Truk, *Tol), *Nauru, *N-Line Isl. (*Fanning Isl.), *Palau Isl., *Society Isl. (*Tahiti, *Raiatea, *Tupai, *Tetiaroa Atoll), *Southern Marianas (*Rota, *Guam), *Tuamotu Arch. (*Takapoto Atoll), *Western Samoa (*Savaii), *Fiji, *Austral Isl., *Niue, *USA, *U.S. Virgin Isl.
