Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Engl.: colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
Deu.: Koloquinte, Bitter-Melone.
Sven.: kolokvint, koloqvint, källar hals.
Pharm.: colocynth pulp, fructus colocynthidis, poma colocynthidia, pulpa colocynthidium.
Pre-Linnaean: Colloquintida.
Bot. syn.: Colocynthis officinarum Schrad., Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad., Cucumis colocynthis L.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Fruit. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Planted. 2011-07-13.
Plant in fruit. Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Planted. 2011-07-13.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Cathartics.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Scudder 1870.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Petersen 1905.
Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.
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