Watermelon
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (
Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai, family
Cucurbitaceae) refers to both
fruit and
plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer)
herb originally from southern
Africa and one of the most common types of
melon. This
flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by
botanists as a
pepo, which has a thick
rind (
exocarp) and fleshy center (mesocarp and endocarp); pepos are derived from an inferior ovary and are characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of
melon (although not in the genus
Cucumis), has a smooth exterior rind (green and yellow) and a juicy, sweet, usually red or yellow, but sometimes orange, interior flesh. The flesh consists of highly developed placental tissue within the fruit. The former name Citrullus vulgaris (vulgaris meaning "common" — Shosteck, 1974), is now a synonym of the accepted scientific name for watermelon, Citrullus lanatus.
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Pastèque
La pastèque ou melon d'eau (Citrullus lanatus) est une
plante herbacée de la famille des
Cucurbitacées, originaire d'Afrique, largement cultivée pour ses gros
fruits lisses, à chair rose, rouge, jaune, verdâtre ou blanche et à graines noires ou rouges. Le terme désigne également ce fruit.
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Citrullus lanatus
Il termine cocomero (Citrullus lanatus, a volte indicato anche come Citrullus vulgaris) o anguria (dal
greco angourion), indica il frutto e la pianta della specie rampicante della famiglia delle
Cucurbitaceae, originariamente proveniente dall'
Africa tropicale.Il frutto ha un interno
rosso, ricco d'
acqua, dolce, ed è molto
zuccherino. Infatti oltre ad apportare un sufficiente quantitativo di zuccheri, e data l'elevata percentuale d'acqua, può sostituire, almeno per una buona parte un pasto giornaliero (pranzo o cena), inoltre porta con se' un cospicuo quantitativo di
vitamina A e
vitamina C (tali vitamine sono
idrosolubili, quindi la vulgaris "acqua del cocomero" porta in se' tutti gli elementi benefici).
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