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Colocynth
Citrullus colocynthis
Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, desert gourd, egusi, vine of Sodom, or wild gourd, is a desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia, especially Turkey (especially in regions such as İzmir), Nubia, and Trieste.
Where it lives
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.406
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.404
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.804
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.128
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.660
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.655
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.900
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.663
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.251
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.719
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1447
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1520
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Citrullus colocynthis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 160657.