Citrullus colocynthis

"Citrullus colocynthis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D065986
MeSH Number(s)	B01.650.940.800.575.100.300.140.500
Concept/Terms	Citrullus colocynthis Citrullus colocynthis Colocynth Colocynths Bitter-Cucumber Bitter Cucumber Bitter-Cucumbers Bitter-Apple Bitter Apple Bitter-Apples

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Plants [B01.650]
Viridiplantae [B01.650.940]
Streptophyta [B01.650.940.800]
Embryophyta [B01.650.940.800.575]
Angiosperms [B01.650.940.800.575.100]
Cucurbitaceae [B01.650.940.800.575.100.300]
Citrullus [B01.650.940.800.575.100.300.140]
Citrullus colocynthis [B01.650.940.800.575.100.300.140.500]

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