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Preferred term

Citrullus colocynthis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A plant species of the family CUCURBITACEAE distributed tropically and subtropically mainly in North Africa and Asia. It is a medicinal plant of TRADITIONAL MEDICINE and well known in ancient medicine as the wild gourd.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Bitter-Apple
  • Bitter-Cucumber
  • Colocynth
  • txid252529

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LL8C6243-6

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