Cucurbitaceae
Colocynth
Citrullus colocynthis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Citrullus
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Common names
By language (51)
- aeb
- حنظل, دلّاع واد
- Arabic
- حنظل, الحنظل, الحنظلة, حدج, علقم, مرارة الصحاري
- Armenian
- Ձմերուկ վայրի
- arz
- حنظل
- Assamese
- কোৱাভাতুৰি
- azb
- کولوسینت
- Azerbaijani
- Kolosint
- Bangla
- রাখাল শসা
- Burmese
- ကဆစ်ပင်
- Catalan
- Coloquinta, Coloquíntida
- Central Kurdish
- كاڵەكە مارانە
- Chinese
- 药西瓜, 藥西瓜, 苦西瓜
- Corsican
- Sciuppettu
- Czech
- Kolokvinta obecná
- Danish
- Kolokvint
- English
- Colocynth, Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Coloquintida, Desert gourd, Egusi, Vine of Sodom, Wild gourd
- Finnish
- Kolokvintti
- French
- Coloquinte, Coloquinte vraie
- Georgian
- Კოლოქვინტი
- German
- Koloquinte, Bitter-Melone, Bitterapfel, Echte Zitrulle, Pomaquinte, Purgiergurke
- Gujarati
- ઇન્દ્રાયણ, ઇન્દ્રવરણાં, ઇન્દ્રવારણા, ઇન્દ્રવારણું, કડવી કોઠીંબી, તૃહડું
- Hausa
- Kwartowa
- Hebrew
- אבטיח הפקועה, אבטיח פקועה, חנדל, קולוצינתין
- Hindi
- इंद्रायन
- Hungarian
- Sártök
- io
- Koloquinto
- Italian
- Cocomero amaro, Coloquintide, Coloquintidi
- Japanese
- コロシント
- kab
- Aferẓiẓ
- Kannada
- ಇಂದ್ರವಾರುಣಿ
- Kurdish
- Feltîşok, فەلتیشۆک
- Malayalam
- പേക്കുമ്മട്ടി, Bitter Cucumber plant, Colosynth, ആട്ടക്കായ്, ഇന്ദ്രവാരുണി, ചിത്രഫല
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kolokvint
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kolokvint
- pam
- Coloquintida
- Pashto
- مڼه غونی
- Persian
- هندوانه ابوجهل, هندوانهٔ ابوجهل
- Polish
- Arbuz kolokwinta, Kolocynta, Kolokwinta
- Punjabi
- ਇੰਦਰਾਇਨ
- Russian
- Колоцинт, Арбуз Абу Джахля, Горькая тыква, Горький огурец, Горькое яблоко, Колоквинт, Колокинт, Колокинтовый огурец
- shn
- တႅင်ၸမ်ႇပူႇထိူၼ်ႇ
- Sindhi
- ٽوه
- Spanish
- Alcama, Alhondal, Calabacilla salvaje, Colocintida, Colocíntida, Coloquintida, Coloquíntida, Manzana de Adan
- Swedish
- Kolokvint
- Tamil
- குமட்டிக்காய்
- Telugu
- వెర్రి పుచ్చ, ఏటి పుచ్చ
- Turkish
- Ebucehil karpuzu
- Ukrainian
- Кавун колоцинт
- Urdu
- اندرائن
- Uzbek
- Achchiqgarvuz
- zza
- Şemamok
Synonyms
- Citrullus colocynthis subsp. insipidus (Pang.) Fursa
- Citrullus colocynthis subsp. stenotomus (Pang.) Fursa
- Citrullus colocynthis var. insipidus Pangalo
- Citrullus colocynthis var. stenotomus Pangalo
- Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo
- Citrullus pseudocolocynthis M.Roem.
- Colocynthis officinalis Schrad.
- Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad.
- Cucumis colocynthis L.
- Cucumis colocynthoides Pi.Savi
- Cucurbita colocyntha Link
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, July to November (from 202 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gonzalo Ganda Álvarez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The original uploader was Spedona at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.