Cucurbitaceae

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Citrullus

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Common names

By language (175)

ab: Акарпыжә
acm: رگي, رگية, شمزي
aeb: حنضل
Afrikaans: Waatlemoen
Amharic: በጢሕ
Arabic: بطيخ أحمر, البطيخ الأحمر, بطيخ احمر, جح, جحة, بطيخ
Armenian: Ձմերուկ
arq: دلاع
Asturian: Melonar d'agua
azb: عادی قارپیز
Azerbaijani: Adi qarpız
ba: Ҡарбуҙ
ban: Sumangka
Bangla: তরমুজ
Basque: Angurri
bbc: Haramoja
Belarusian: Кавун, Кавун звычайны
Bhojpuri: तरबुज्जा, तरबूज, तरबूजा, साइट्रुलस लैनाटस, सिट्रुलस लैनाटस, हिरमोना
bi: Watermelon
bik: Pakwan
bjn: Sumangka
bo: ཆུ་ཀུབ།
Bosnian: Lubenica
bua: Тарбас
Bulgarian: Обикновена диня
Burmese: ဖရဲပင်
Cantonese: 西瓜
Catalan: Sindriera
cdo: Să̤-guă
Central Kurdish: شووتی, شفتی
Cherokee: ᎬᎩᏍᏗ
Chinese: 西瓜, 寒瓜, 西瓜子, 西瓜子仁, 西瓜子壳, 西瓜根叶, 西瓜皮, 西瓜霜
chy: Nêxo'mévéhe
Corsican: Patecca
crh: Büken, Qarpız
Croatian: Lubenica
csb: Zwëczajny kawón
cv: Арбуз
Czech: Lubenice obecná, Lubenice, Meloun vodní, Vodní meloun
Danish: Vandmelon
Divehi: ކަރާ
dtp: Sadur
eml: Angüria
English: Watermelon
Esperanto: Akvomelono
Estonian: Harilik arbuus
Filipino: Pakwan
Finnish: Vesimeloni
French: Pastèque, Melon d'eau, Pastèque jaune, Pastèque rouge
frr: Weedermeloon
Galician: Sandía
Ganda: Watermelon, Meloni, Sekazzi
German: Wassermelone
Greek: Καρπούζι
Guarani: Sándia
guc: Kalapaasü
Gujarati: તરબૂચ
gv: Mellyn ushtey
Haitian Creole: Melon dlo
Hausa: Ruwan Ruwan Ruwa
Hawaiian: Watermelon
Hebrew: אבטיח פשוט, אבטיח, אבטיח תרבותי
Hindi: साइट्रुलस लैनाटस
hsb: Wódna melona
Hungarian: Görögdinnye
hyw: Ձմերուկ
Icelandic: Vatnsmelóna
Igbo: Watermelon, Anyụ mmiri
Indonesian: Semangka
Italian: Anguria, Zucca Cedrìna
Japanese: スイカ, 水瓜, 西瓜
Javanese: Semangka
kaa: G'arbız
kai: Silò
Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ
kbp: Pasɩtɛkɩ
kge: Samaka
Khmer: ឪឡឹក
Konkani: काळींग
Korean: 수박
ks: ہیٚنٛد وینٛد
Kurdish: Zebeş, Şiftî, Şûtî
kus: Wɔtamɛlɔ, Bʋnditir/fʋrʋt, Watamilo, Wɔtamɛlɔn
Kyrgyz: Дарбыз
lad: Karpuz
lah: ہدواݨا
Latvian: Villainais arbūzs, Arbūzs, Kultūras arbūzs, Parastais arbūzs
lbe: Къалпуз
lij: Pateca
Lithuanian: Tikrasis arbūzas
Luxembourgish: Waassermeloun
lzh: 西瓜
Macedonian: Лубеница
mad: Somangka
Malagasy: Voajabo
Malay: Tembikai, Mendikai, Semangka, Timun cina
Malayalam: തണ്ണിമത്തൻ
map: Semangka
Marathi: टरबूज
min: Cimangko
mnc: ᡩᡠᠩᡤᠠ
Mongolian: Тарвас
mos: Narɩ
mrj: Арбуз
mul: 🍉
mwl: Melóncia
nah: Chichilayohtli
nan: Si-koe
nap: Mellone russo
Nepali: खरबुजा
Northern Sotho: Legapu
Norwegian Bokmål: Vannmelon
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vassmelon
nup: Watermelon
nv: Chʼééhjiyáán
Odia: ତରଭୁଜ
Oromo: Habaabii
os: Харбыз
Pashto: هندواڼه
pdc: Wassmeloon
Persian: هندوانه
Polish: Arbuz zwyczajny
Portuguese: Melancia
Punjabi: ਹਦਵਾਣਾ
Romanian: Pepene verde
rsk: Ґереґа
rup: Himunicu
Russian: Арбуз обыкновенный, Арбуз
Sanskrit: कलिङ्गफलम्
sat: ᱛᱚᱨᱢᱩᱡᱽ
sc: Sìndria
scn: Muluni d'acqua
se: Čáhcemelovdna
Serbian: Лубеница
Serbian (Latin): Lubenica
sg: Kê
shn: တႅင်ၸမ်ႇပူႇ, တႅင်တမ်ႇပူႇ, တႅင်တဝ်ႈ, တႅင်ၽၢင်, 🍉
Shona: Nwiwa
Sindhi: ھنداڻو
Sinhala: කොමඩු
Slovak: Dyňa červená
Slovenian: Lubenica
Somali: Qare
Spanish: Sandía
Sundanese: Samangka
Swahili: Tikitimaji
Swedish: Vattenmelon
Tamil: தர்ப்பூசணி
Tatar: Гади карбыз
tay: Bahat
tcy: ಬಚ್ಚಂಗಾಯಿ
Telugu: పుచ్చకాయ
Thai: แตงโม
Tongan: Meleni
Tsonga: Khalavatla
Tswana: Legapu
tum: Vwende
Turkish: Karpuz
tyv: Дарбыс
udm: Арбуз
Ukrainian: Кавун
Urdu: تربوز
Uyghur: تاۋۇز
vep: Arbuz
Vietnamese: Dưa hấu
Walloon: Pasteke
war: Pakwan
Welsh: Melon dŵr
Wolof: Xaal
wuu: 西瓜
xal: Тарвс
Yiddish: ארבוז, וואסערמעלאן
za: Gvehoengz
Zulu: Ikhabe
zza: Hendi

Synonyms

Anguria citrullus (L.) Mill.
Citrullus afrorum Schrad.
Citrullus anguria (Duches.) Hara
Citrullus aquosus Schur
Citrullus battich Forssk.
Citrullus chodospermus Fal. & Dun.
Citrullus citrullus (L.) H.Karst.
Citrullus citrullus Small
Citrullus colocynthis var. capensis Alef.
Citrullus colocynthis var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Citrullus edulis Spach
Citrullus edulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus f. nigroseminius (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus subsp. cordophanus Ter-Avan.
Citrullus lanatus subsp. mucosospermus Fursa
Citrullus lanatus var. afrorum (Alef.) Fosberg
Citrullus lanatus var. albidus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. caffrorum (Alef.) Fosberg
Citrullus lanatus var. capensis (Alef.) Fursa
Citrullus lanatus var. cordophanus (Ter-Avan.) Fursa
Citrullus lanatus var. fistulosus (Stocks) Babu
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
Citrullus lanatus var. minor (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. oblongus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. pulcherrimus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. pumilus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. rotundus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. senegalicus Fursa
Citrullus lanatus var. shami (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. variegatus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. virgatus (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus lanatus var. viridis (Chakravarty) Maheshw.
Citrullus mucosospermus var. senegalicus (Fursa) Fursa
Citrullus pasteca Sageret
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris var. afrorum Alef.
Citrullus vulgaris var. caffrorum Alef.
Colocynthis amarissima Schrad.
Colocynthis amarissima Schltdl.
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze

and 17 more.

Flowers

In flower: March to November (from 145 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kumon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Golden-elm, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: leiva leiva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sumit Bhowmick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Nate Sabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marleny Ordóñez O., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.