Watermelon
ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿसाइट्रुलस लैनाटसதர்ப்பூசணி
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 cm
- wide
- 2.3 m
Cucurbitaceae
Formerly Anguria citrullus, Citrullus afrorum, Citrullus anguria, Citrullus aquosus, and 18 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. SaharaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Russian
- арбуз
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 西瓜
- German
- Wassermelone
- French
- pastèque
- Spanish
- sandía
- Chinese
- 西瓜, 西瓜子, 西瓜子仁
- Czech
- lubenice
- Asturian
- melonar d'agua
- Finnish
- vesimeloni
- Simplified Chinese
- 寒瓜, 西瓜
- Slovenian
- lubenica
- Hindi
- साइट्रुलस लैनाटस
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Citrullus lanatus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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