Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Citrullus citrullus (L.) Karst., Citrullus vulgaris Schrad, Cucumis citrullus Seringe, Cucurbita citrullus W., Cucurbita citrulus

Common names:

Abbatitchim (1886?, Hebrew) (110)

Arbus (1886, Russian) (110)

Battich or batteca (1886, Arabic) (110)

Carpousia or carpousea (1886, Modern Greek) (110)

Chayapula (1886?, Sanskrit) (110)

Ché-m t-toh (1855, Cuchan Yuma) (132)

Ché-met-on-ya (1855, Cuchan Yuma) (132)

Chimico (1886, Albanian) (110)

Chimonico (1886, Turkey, Forskal) (110)

Citron melon (1876) (92)

Jacé (1886, Brazil) (110)

Karpus (1886, Turkey) (110)

Pastèque (1886, French) (110)

Saka thide (1919, Omaha-Ponca, eaten raw, Introducd from Africa by Spanish very early although Gilmore feels they may be indigenous as Lewis & Clark and others report that they were grown by natives) (37)

Saka yutapi (1919, Dakota Santee) (37)

Shpanshni yutapi (1919, Dakota Yankton and Teton, eaten raw) (37)

Si-kua (1886, Chinese, melon of the west) (110)

Sindria (1886, Sardinian) (110)

Tadelaât (1886, Berber) (110)

Tarbuj or turbouj (1886, Bengali and Hindu) (110)

Watermelon [Water melon, Water-melon] (1770-Present) (7, 19, 35, 37, 41, 50, 52, 54, 57, 58, 82, 92, 106, 107, 109, 110, 114, 155, 158 )

Wathaka ratdshe (1919, Oto) (37)

Zandria or cindria (1886, Spanish) (110)