Momordica lanata Thunb.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Common name : Water melon
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kallagara kaya, Kalingara kaya (Telugu)
    • Churakka, Peykommutti, Thannimathan, Vattakka, Vatthakka (Malayalam)
    • Tarbuj (Oria)
    • Kalangade hannu balli (Kannada)
    • Peechchaikai (Tamil)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Fruits large and edible.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Native : Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Sudan
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Cultivated throughout
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Momordica lanata. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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