Citrullus lanatus

Citrullus lanatus

Classis : Magnoliopsida
Ordo : Cucurbitales
Familia : Cucurbitaceae
Genus : Citrullus
Species : C. lanatus

Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai

Citrullus lanatus est planta familiae Curcubitacearum, cuius fructus edi potest. In Africa australi sponte crescit.

Semina varietatum silvaticarum et cultarum Citrulli lanati, ab hominibus millennio III a.ae.v. viventibus deposita, in spelunca Shungweni Africae Australis reperta sunt.^[1] Semina huius fructus Europae antiquissima apud Crania in Graecia septentrionali, saeculo IX vel VIII a.ae.v. deposita, effossa sunt.^[2]

In libris antiquis etiam pepo vel pepon appellatur,^[3] a voce Graeca πέπων, qua significatur "fructus quilibet a sole excoctus, et ad maturitatem perductus".^[4] Confer Cucurbitam peponem, nomen recentius speciei Mundi novi.

Notae

↑ Oliver Davies, "Excavations at Shongweni South Cave: the oldest evidence to date for cultigens in southern Africa" in Annals of the Natal Museum vol. 22 (1975) pp. 627-662
↑ Evi Margaritis, "Archaeobotanical investigations at the Geometric site of Krania, Southern Pieria in Macedonia, Greece" in Talanta vol. 38/39 (2006-2007) pp. 123-132
↑ Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (1900– ), apud De Gruyter
↑ Aegidii Forcellini Lexico Totius Latinitatis, 1775, s.v. pepo. Versio interretialis

Bibliographia

A. C. Andrews, "Melons and watermelons in the classical period" in Osiris vol. 12 (1956) pp. 368-375
Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, "The Cucurbit Images (1515–1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome" in Annals of Botany vol. 97 (2006) pp. 165-176
Jules Janick, Harry S. Paris, David C. Parrish, "The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions" in Annals of Botany vol. 100 (2007) pp. 1441-1457
Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis" in Annals of Botany vol. 103 (2009) pp. 1187–1205