Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

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Caprivi records: View all records (15)

Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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No    No of images    Record date    Recorder(s)    Coll.    Det.    Conf.    Herbaria    Habitat    Location    Loc code(s)    Outing code    Planted code    Country    QDS    Grid ref.    FZ Div    Alt. (m)    Notes    Lat    Long    Loc Acc Code   
9239406 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside vergeC49 South of Mudumu National Park0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 947-18.21748023.5381807
9222005 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8 about 60 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D4 952-17.76140023.8252407
9224205 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8 about 82 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D3 963-17.85523023.6407407
9197004 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area next to roadC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 935-17.92248024.1487707
9202004 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area next to roadC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1824A1 937-18.03300024.0451607
9208304 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside vergeC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 933-18.15148023.9276007
91527231 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
On riverbankChobe Camp, Ngoma0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 927Hairy leaves, fruit smooth and striped-17.89840024.7290207
93735023 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs 1046WIND
Caprivi: East Caprivi: (Site 6) 13,5 km from the turn-off to Lianshulu (D3511) from the main tarred road between Katima- Kongola (B8).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 980Creeper; Notes: Prostrate, annual creeper. Great variation in leaves from deeply lobed to almost unlobed. Petals golden yellow. Fruits vary from pale green to dark green banded. Flesh pale green, not bitter but somewhat mealy. Sikululu (Lozi) is flesh made into porridge by local people. Seeds dispersed by elephants. Growing in mulapo grassland on road verge. Soil pH 8.-17.92028023.3375005

Total records found: 8



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants: Species information: Records of Citrullus lanatus.
https://www.capriviflora.com/cult/species-display.php?species_id=157250, retrieved 5 April 2025

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