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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

1) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Citrullus caffer Schrad., Citrullus citrullus (L.) H. Karst., Citrullus citrullus (L.) Small, nom. inval., tautonym, Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Citrullus edulis Spach, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf., nom. illeg., non Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Citrullus vulgaris Eckl. & Zeyh., Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., Colocynthis amarissima Schrad., Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze, Cucumis citrullus (L.) Ser., Cucumis colocynthis Thunb., nom. illeg., non Cucumis colocynthis L., Cucumis laciniosus Eckl. ex Schrad., Cucumis vulgaris E.H.L. Krause, Cucumis vulgaris (Schrad. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) E.H.L. Krause, Cucurbita anguria Duchesne ex Lam., nom. illeg., Cucurbita caffra Eckl. & Zeyh., Cucurbita citrullus L., Momordica lanata Thunb..

References regarding Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Prodr. Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1800)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
· Uses of plants by the Indians (1991)

2) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. fistulosus Babu is another plant having the following synonyms: Citrullus fistulosus Stocks, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai var. fistulosus (Steward) Babu, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai var. fistulosus (Stocks) Chakrav..

References regarding Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. fistulosus Babu for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1851)

3) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus is another plant having the following synonyms: Citrullus citrullus (L.) Karst., Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Citrullus vulgaris Schrad., Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze, Cucubertia citrullus L., Momordica lanata Thunb..

References regarding Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium (1794)
· Prodr. Flora Capensis, being a systematic description of the plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, & port Natal (1800)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
· Uses of Plants by the Indians (1991)

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