Citrullus colocynthis
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A plant species of the family CUCURBITACEAE distributed tropically and subtropically mainly in North Africa and Asia. It is a medicinal plant of TRADITIONAL MEDICINE and well known in ancient medicine as the wild gourd.
Synonyms
- Bitter-Apple
- Bitter Apple
- Bitter-Apples
- Bitter-Cucumber
- Bitter Cucumber
- Bitter-Cucumbers
- Colocynth
- Colocynths
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