Citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus est planta familiae Curcubitacearum, cuius fructus edi potest. In Africa australi sponte crescit.

Citrullus lanatus

Classis : Magnoliopsida
Ordo : Cucurbitales
Familia : Cucurbitaceae
Genus : Citrullus
Species : C. lanatus

Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Semina varietatum silvaticarum et cultarum Citrulli lanati, ab hominibus millennio III a.ae.v. viventibus deposita, in spelunca Shungweni Africae Australis reperta sunt.^[1] Semina huius fructus Europae antiquissima apud Crania in Graecia septentrionali, saeculo IX vel VIII a.ae.v. deposita, effossa sunt.^[2]

In libris antiquis etiam pepo vel pepon appellatur,^[3] a voce Graeca πέπων, qua significatur "fructus quilibet a sole excoctus, et ad maturitatem perductus".^[4] Confer Cucurbitam peponem, nomen recentius speciei Mundi novi.

[1]
Oliver Davies, "Excavations at Shongweni South Cave: the oldest evidence to date for cultigens in southern Africa" in Annals of the Natal Museum vol. 22 (1975) pp. 627-662
[2]
Evi Margaritis, "Archaeobotanical investigations at the Geometric site of Krania, Southern Pieria in Macedonia, Greece" in Talanta vol. 38/39 (2006-2007) pp. 123-132
[3]
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (1900– ), apud De Gruyter
[4]
Aegidii Forcellini Lexico Totius Latinitatis, 1775, s.v. pepo. Versio interretialis

A. C. Andrews, "Melons and watermelons in the classical period" in Osiris vol. 12 (1956) pp. 368-375
Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, "The Cucurbit Images (1515–1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome" in Annals of Botany vol. 97 (2006) pp. 165-176
Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, David C. Parrish, "The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions" in Annals of Botany vol. 100 (2007) pp. 1441-1457
Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis" in Annals of Botany vol. 103 (2009) pp. 1187–1205