Citrullus colocynthis

Synonyms

Bitter Apple

Bitter Cucumber

Bitter-Apple

Bitter-Apples

Bitter-Cucumber

Bitter-Cucumbers

Colocynth

Colocynths

A plant species of the family CUCURBITACEAE distributed tropically and subtropically mainly in North Africa and Asia. It is a medicinal plant of TRADITIONAL MEDICINE and well known in ancient medicine as the wild gourd.