Cucurbitaceae

Gemsbok cucumber

Citrullus naudinianus (Sond.) Hook.f.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Citrullus

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Gemsbok cucumber: Upper Dune Road, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, SOUTH AFRICA — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Afrikaans: Gemsbokdommer, Gemsbokkomkommer, Wildewatermoen
Chinese: 罗典西瓜, 南非剑羚瓜, 南非劍羚瓜, 大羚羊瓜, 大羚羊黄瓜, 納米比亞甜瓜
English: Gemsbok cucumber
Persian: خیار تیزشاخ

Synonyms

Acanthosicyos naudinianus (Sond.) C.Jeffrey
Colocynthis naudinianus Kuntze
Cucumis naudinianus Sond.
Pseudocucumis naudinianus (Sond.) C.Jeffrey

Photos

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Johan Strydom, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.