*Citrullus lanatus* (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai, Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo. 30. 1916. syn: *Citrullus* *vulgaris* Schrad ex Eckl. & Zeyh.; *Momordica* *lanata* Thunb.
Common names: Water melon Hindi: Tarbuz Cultivated annual climber with long soft hairs; leaves palmately lobed with pinnately divided sinnuate lobes; flower yellow 15-17 mm across, female on longer pedicels; fruit large, subglobose to ellipsoid, 25-40 cm long, with yellow and green stripes. Commonly cultivated as early summer fruit crop, photographed from Vikas Puri, Delhi <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2HzNwd9EqGk/T3qVS3jyQMI/AAAAAAAAAno/pKUUetPi4PE/s1600/Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-1.jpg> Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-1 <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BEYSP0C143E/T3qVfc61BtI/AAAAAAAAAn0/cwrKK4iMs5I/s1600/Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-2.jpg> Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-2 <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pX4t31EMpFM/T3qWWrCT4SI/AAAAAAAAAoA/t6X6OOxPC-o/s1600/Citrulus-lanatus-market-Delhi-3.jpg> Citrullus-lanatus-market-Delhi-3 Gurcharan Singh
