Species profile—Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cucurbitaceae → Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Scientific name
- Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
- Common name
- colocynth
- WildNet taxon ID
- 17658
- Alternate name(s)
- colocinth melon
vine of sodom
Desert gourd - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17658
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.