- Family:
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Watermelon is a member of the cucurbit family (Cucurbitaceae), which includes cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), melons (Cucumis melo, for example), loofahs (Luffa species), and pumpkins and squashes (Cucurbita species). The generic name Citrullus is the diminutive of Citrus, perhaps referring to the spherical fruit. The specific epithet lanatus (meaning woolly) refers to dense woolly hairs on young parts of the plants, particularly stems.

[FZ]
Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems prostrate or scandent to 10 m., ± villous, glabrescent.
- Morphology General Tendrils
- Tendrils 2–3-fid.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 5–20 × 3·5–19 cm., ovate or narrowly ovate in outline, cordate, ± hairy (especially on the veins beneath), becoming scabrid-punctate, usually deeply palmately 3–5-lobed, the lobes elliptic in outline, shallowly to usually deeply ± pinnately lobulate, subentire or obscurely sinuate-denticulate, rounded to subacute, apiculate, the central much the largest.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles 2–18·5 cm. long, ± hairy or villous, sometimes scabrescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Probract
- Probracts 4–18 mm. long, obovate-spathulate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- male flowers on ± villous 12–45 mm. long pedicels; receptacle-tube 2.5–5 mm. long, pale green, lobes 2·5–5 mm. long, lanceolate. Petals 0·7–1·9 × 0·4–1·4 cm., obovate, rounded, apiculate. Female flowers on 3–45 mm. long pedicels; ovary 6–15 × 4–8 mm., ellipsoid or subglobose, villous; receptacle-tube 1·5–2 mm. long, lobes 2·5–5·5 mm. long; corolla as in male flowers.
- sex Male
- male flowers on ± villous 12–45 mm. long pedicels; receptacle-tube 2.5–5 mm. long, pale green, lobes 2·5–5 mm. long, lanceolate. Petals 0·7–1·9 × 0·4–1·4 cm., obovate, rounded, apiculate.
- sex Female
- Female flowers on 3–45 mm. long pedicels; ovary 6–15 × 4–8 mm., ellipsoid or subglobose, villous; receptacle-tube 1·5–2 mm. long, lobes 2·5–5·5 mm. long; corolla as in male flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit of wild plants 1·5–20 cm. in diameter, subglobose, greenish mottled with darker green, of cultivated plants up to 60 × 30 cm., subglobose or ellipsoid, green or yellowish, concolorous or variously mottled or striped; fruit-stalk 2–5 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds c. 9–11 × 5–6 × 2·5–2·7 mm., ovate-elliptic in outline, smooth or slightly verrucose, dark or pale coloured, often mottled, sometimes bordered.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- melón de agua, patía, patilla, sandia, sandía
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 5 - 1500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Trepadora
[KSP]
Kew Species Profiles
- General Description
-
Watermelon is a member of the cucurbit family (Cucurbitaceae), which includes cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), melons (Cucumis melo, for example), loofahs (Luffa species), and pumpkins and squashes (Cucurbita species). The generic name Citrullus is the diminutive of Citrus, perhaps referring to the spherical fruit. The specific epithet lanatus (meaning woolly) refers to dense woolly hairs on young parts of the plants, particularly stems.
Citrullus lanatus is widely cultivated for its edible fruits, which are also an important source of water in arid regions of Africa. It is thought that watermelon was first domesticated in central and southern Africa. Watermelon seeds and leaves have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, suggesting it was cultivated there more than 5,000 years ago. Having been cultivated for so long, its origins are unknown, but it is thought that it may have been selected from Citrullus colocynthis (known as 'bitter colocynth'; a bitter, poisonous perennial) in early African agriculture.
Wild, unselected forms tend to bear bitter fruit, due to the presence of cucurbitacin (a biochemical compound used for defence against herbivores) and hence are normally only fed to cattle.
- Species Profile
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Geography and distribution
Citrullus lanatus is thought to be native to Africa. It is found in grassland and bushland, mostly on sandy soils, and often along watercourses or near water, up to 1,785 m above sea level. It flourishes in dry climates and requires only limited rainfall.
Some propose the Kalahari region (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa) as the area of origin, whereas others suggest it is native to northeastern Africa. Citrullus colocynthis , thought by some to be the wild parent, is found in dry areas of North Africa and Asia (eastwards to Afghanistan and Pakistan).
Another closely related Namibian species, C. ecirrhosus , is thought more likely to be the progenitor based on studies of plastid DNA. In the wild in Africa, both sweet and bitter forms exist, and they quickly escape from sites of cultivation everywhere into neglected or abandoned farmlands, where they continue to be harvested.
Watermelon is cultivated in all tropical and subtropical countries, as well as in temperate countries with a continental climate. It is widely naturalised.
DescriptionOverview: An annual climbing or trailing herb, with hairy stem up to 10 m long. Tendrils divided at the tip into two or three parts. Separate male and female flowers are borne on the same plant.
Leaves: Leaf blades up to about 20 × 20 cm, more or less hairy, usually deeply 3-5-lobed, the central lobe being the largest. The lobes themselves are further divided. Leaf stalks (petioles) up to about 19 cm long, more or less hairy.
Flowers: Solitary, borne in leaf axils. Both male and female flowers are yellow, up to 3 cm in diameter, and borne on pedicels (flower stalks) up to 45 mm long. Flowers are usually pollinated by honey bees.
Fruits: Fruits of wild plants up to about 20 cm in diameter, greenish mottled with darker green. Fruits of cultivated plants up to about 70 × 30 cm, rounded, oval or oblong, with a golden-yellow to dark green skin, the skin being uniform, mottled or striped. Flesh usually red or yellow, sometimes orange, pink or white.
Seeds: Flat, smooth, variable in size and colour (white, tan, brown, black, red, green or mottled).
Uses Fruits - food and drinkWatermelons are cultivated commercially for their refreshing, sweet fruits. Dry conditions are considered to produce the sweetest fruit (high humidity is thought to suppress formation of sugars).
They are mostly consumed as fresh fruit, alone or as part of fruit salads or other desserts. In some African cuisines the fruit and leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Small, white-fleshed cultivars are used in the production of preserves. Watermelon fruits are made into syrup in Eastern Europe. The rind may be consumed in pickled or candied form. In parts of the former Soviet Union, and elsewhere, watermelon juice is fermented to produce an alcoholic beverage.
Watermelons are collected from the wild for local use, notably as a source of water in the Kalahari region of southern Africa. The flesh comprises about 65% of the whole fruit and contains over 90% water. Watermelon contains carotenes and vitamin C.
Seeds - food, oil, masticatoryWatermelon seeds are used in some traditional African cuisines. They are eaten dry or roasted as a snack food or as an ingredient in soups, in the Middle East, China and other Asian countries. Watermelon seeds are rich in edible oils and protein. They are ground into flour and baked as bread in some parts of India.
Watermelon seeds are sold in West African markets as egusi (a name also used for Cucumeropsis mannii , another member of the cucurbit family). They are chiefly used as a masticatory, but also for medicine, food and oil. They are roasted and ground to a pulp, which is added to soup or made into sauce or porridge. Seed oil is extracted for use in cooking.
Seeds can be roasted and used as a coffee-substitute.
Traditional medicineWatermelon fruit pulp, juice and seeds have been used as a diuretic. Fruit pulp has been used as a purgative, particularly that from bitter-forms.
A preparation of watermelon seed has been used to lower blood pressure. Watermelon seeds have been used to expel intestinal worms in Senegal.
Other usesBitter forms of watermelon and the cake left over after expressing the seed oil are used as cattle-feed. The leaves and fruit provide grazing for stock.
Watermelon has been used as an ingredient in sun-lotions and other cosmetics.
Role of watermelons in American popular cultureAlthough watermelon is native to Africa and did not reach the Americas until the 16th century, it rapidly gained favour and assumed an important role in American popular culture.
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, was an enthusiastic grower of watermelons. American author and humorist Mark Twain wrote in Puddn'head Wilson :
The true southern watermelon is a boon apart and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world's luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat.
Mark TwainThe true southern watermelon is a boon apart and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world's luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat .
Watermelons feature prominently in art, literature, advertising and merchandising, and summer watermelon festivals are held throughout the USA.
Millennium Seed Bank: Seed storageTheMillennium Seed Bank Partnership aims to save plant life worldwide, focusing on plants under threat and those of most use in the future. Seeds are dried, packaged and stored at a sub-zero temperature in our seed bank vault.
Thirteen collections of Citrullus lanatus seeds are held in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank based at Wakehurst in West Sussex.
This species at KewWatermelon is grown in Kew's behind-the-scenes Tropical Nursery.
Dried and spirit-preserved specimens of Citrullus lanatus are held in Kew's Herbarium where they are available to researchers by appointment. The details of some of these specimens can be seen online in Kew's Herbarium Catalogue.
Specimens of watermelon fruits, seeds and oil are held in Kew's Economic Botany Collection in the Sir Joseph Banks Building, where they are available to researchers by appointment.
Kew's Useful Plants Project in BotswanaKew's Useful Plants Project in Botswana aims to help conserve plant species that are most beneficial to the wellbeing of local people.
One particularly useful species is watermelon, Citrullus lanatus . An important source of water in the Kalahari region over the dry season, it also provides food and medicines.
Working with inhabitants of Tsetseng and Lerala, the project team has agreed which plants are to be propagated in the community gardens. In both communities, facilities have been put in place for training growers and for propagating the useful species. In addition, a school programme has been developed to involve local children in the project.
- Distribution
- Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
- Ecology
- Grassland and bushland, often along watercourses.
- Conservation
- Least Concern in South Africa according to IUCN Red List criteria; widespread in cultivation.
- Hazards
-
Some people experience an allergic reaction on ingestion of watermelon, including swelling of the mouth and throat.
[UPFC]
- Habit
- Climbing.
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 5–1500 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Casanare, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, San Andrés y Providencia, Valle del Cauca.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual usually trailing herb
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blade ovate or narrowly ovate in outline, rather villous especially on veins beneath, scabrid-punctate when old, 5–20 x 3.5–19 cm, usually deeply palmately 3–5-lobed, the lobes usually deeply pinnately lobulate; petioles 2–18.5 cm long, ± villous
- Morphology General Tendrils
- Tendrils usually bifid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Male flowers solitary Female flowers solitary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicel 14–45 mm long Pedicel 2–5 cm long Pedicel 3–45 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
- Hypanthium broadly obconic, 2.5–5 mm long Hypanthium 1.5–2 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, obovate, 7–19 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary ellipsoid to subglobose, villous, 6–15 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth as in male flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Flesh white or red, watery, usually not bitter Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, green or yellowish, often mottled or striped, up to 60 x 30 cm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovate in outline, variously coloured, sometimes mottled, smooth or slightly rough, 9–11 x 5–6 x 2.5–2.7 mm.
- Distribution
- C1; S1–3, cultivated. Native of the Kalahari region, often naturalized.
- Ecology
- Altitude below 500 m.
- Vernacular
- Qare (Somali); water melon (English).
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Sudan
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Finland, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Anguria citrullus Mill.
- Citrullus anguria (Duchesne) H.Hara
- Citrullus aquosus Schur
- Citrullus battich Forssk.
- Citrullus caffrorum Schrad.
- Citrullus chodospermus Falc. & Dunal
- Citrullus citrullus H.Karst.
- Citrullus citrullus Small
- Citrullus edulis Pangalo
- Citrullus edulis Spach
- Citrullus lanatus var. albidus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum (Alef.) Fosberg
- Citrullus lanatus var. cordophanus (Ter-Avan.) Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. minor (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus f. nigroseminius (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. oblongus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. pulcherrimus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. pumilus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. rotundus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. senegalicus Fursa
- Citrullus lanatus var. shami (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. variegatus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. virgatus (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus lanatus var. viridis (Chakrav.) Maheshw.
- Citrullus mucosospermus var. senegalicus (Fursa) Fursa
- Citrullus pasteca Sageret
- Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
- Colocynthis amarissima Schrad.
- Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
- Cucumis amarissimus Schrad.
- Cucumis citrullus (L.) Ser.
- Cucumis dissectus Decne.
- Cucumis edulis Steud.
- Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Steud.
- Cucumis purpureus Noronha
- Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad.) E.H.L.Krause
- Cucurbita anguria Duchesne
- Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Cucurbita citrullus L.
- Cucurbita gigantea Salisb.
- Cucurbita pinnatifida Schrank
- Momordica lanata Thunb.
- English
- Bitter apple, Bittermelon, Citron, Citron melon, Edible seed melon, Keme, Monkey apple, Tsama melon, Tsamma, Water Melon, Watermelon, Wild watermelon
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2014 | Renner, S.S. [2816], Missouri | K000543558 | isotype | Yes | |
May 1, 2007 | Kgendwe, T. [926], Botswana | K000731885 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1983 | Fay, J.M [5252], Central African Republic | K000731870 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1983 | Fay, J.M [5253], Central African Republic | K000731871 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1983 | Fay, J.M [5251], Central African Republic | K000731869 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1982 | Reekmans, M. [11134], Burundi | K000731872 | No | ||
Nov 7, 1979 | Hakki, M. [506], Togo | K000731866 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1967 | s.coll [5854], Sudan | K000731875 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1952 | Hagerup, O. [133], Mali | K000386755 | No | ||
Niger | 29047.635 | No | |||
Polhill, R. [1298], Tanzania | 40727.000 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [14806], Botswana | 6584.000 | No | |||
Traill, J.W.H. [364], Brazil | K001139699 | Yes | |||
Harris, D.J. [2077], Central African Republic | K000731868 | No | |||
Skarpe, C. [S247], Botswana | K000731891 | No | |||
Skarpe, C. [S271], Botswana | K000731888 | No | |||
Silva, L.A.M. [731], Brazil | K001139707 | Yes | |||
Maas, P.J.M. [322/B], Brazil | K001139700 | Yes | |||
Hepper, F.N. [3788], Mali | K000211804 | No | |||
Glaziou [10853], Brazil | K001139706 | Yes | |||
Traill, J.W.H. [364], Brazil | K001139702 | Yes | |||
Pickersgill, B. [162], Brazil | K001139697 | Yes | |||
Kummrow, R. [1254], Brazil | K001139696 | Yes | |||
Gillett, J.B. [22480], Somalia | K000731883 | No | |||
Garui, A.V. [3], Niger | K000731865 | No | |||
Taddesse, E. [819], Ethiopia | K000731884 | No | |||
Terry, J. [128], Botswana | K000731886 | No | |||
Glaziou [10852], Brazil | K001139705 | Yes | |||
Terry, J. [91], Botswana | K000731887 | No | |||
Balée, W.L. [803], Brazil | K001139703 | Yes | |||
Hatschbach, G. [65075], Brazil | K001139704 | Yes | |||
Maas, P.J.M. [481], Brazil | K001139701 | Yes | |||
Philcox, D. [3280], Brazil | K001139698 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6717] | Cucurbita citrullus | K001124655 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6717] | Cucurbita citrullus | K001124657 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6717], India | Cucurbita citrullus | K001124658 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6717] | Cucurbita citrullus | K001124656 | Yes |
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