 Citrullus

Citrullus is a genus of seven species of desert vines, among which "Citrullus lanatus" (the watermelon) is an important crop.Molecular data, including sequences from the original collection of "Momordica lanata" made near Cape Town by C. P. Thunberg in 1773, show that what Thunberg collected is not what has been called "Citrullus lanatus", the domesticated watermelon, since the 1930s.