Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
| Synonym : | Anguria citrullus Mill. Citrullus amarus Schrad. Cucurbita citrullus L. Momordica lanata Thunb. Citrullus valgaris Schrad. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tarmuj(Baqngla), Fray (Khumi), Fang-mazil (Lushai), Fray ui (Murang). |
| English Name : | Watermelon. |
| Family : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Disease : | Cooling, laxative, expectorant, diuretic, stomachic, refreshing, hepatic congestion, cooling, demulcent, diuretic, vermifuge, nutritive and aphrodisiac. |
| Description : | An annual creeper or climber. Leaves 7.5-20 cm. long, deeply divided or moderately lobed. Flowers rather large, monoecious, solitary, Corolla yellow within, greenish outside and villous. Fruit up to 25 cm diam., subglobose or ellipsoid, smooth, flesh juicy, sweet, red or yellowish white. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated all over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Flowers contain free amino acids, arginine, glycine, threonine, lysine, alanine, asparagine, aspartic and glutamic acids and leucines. Fruit contains folic, ferulic, caffeic and chlorogenic acids, cucurbitacins, citrullin and cucurbitin and a new amino ac |
| Uses : | Ripe fruit is cooling, laxative, expectorant, diuretic, stomachic and refreshing, useful in hepatic congestion. Seeds are cooling, demulcent, diuretic, vermifuge, nutritive and aphrodisiac. |
| Habit : | Climber |