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Species profile—Citrullus lanatus

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → CucurbitaceaeCitrullus lanatus

Photo of Citrullus lanatus () - Sharp, D.,Queensland Herbarium, DES (Licence: CC BY NC)
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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Scientific name
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
WildNet taxon ID
33898
Alternate name(s)
bastard melon
wild melon
water melon
pie melon
bitter melon
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Exotic
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=33898.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022