Citrullus amarus
Species
Also called Citron melon, Citrullus afer
Connections
Fact sheet
every fact quoted from its sourceTypevegetable/fruit vine
“vegetable/fruit vine” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Lightfull sun
“full sun” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Waterplentiful water
“plentiful water” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Spacing118–39 in
“3 feet/1 m apart” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Propagationseed
“seed” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Ready whentastes fiercely bitter
“tastes fiercely bitter” — Citron melon (Citrullus amarus): planting, care and jam
Edible partsfruit
“The fruit has a hard white flesh, rendering it less likely to be eaten raw in the modern era” — Citron melon - Wikipedia
Who grows this
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Where this comes from
- Name and place in the family tree: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC BY 4.0)
- Linked record: Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikipedia: Citrullus amarus
- Fact sheet: 2 source pages, read and quoted by the OmniGrowers Librarian