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Each value Trefle shows for Citrullus colocynthis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Schrad.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Linnaea 12: 414 (1838)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1838	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Bitter-apple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Myanmar, NE. Trop. Africa to N. Kenya	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	140 cm	140 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 63, 251, 918	Sourced
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 877, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 877, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	yellow, green	green, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	77 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record

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Bitter-apple

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