Only two, velvet grass Holcus lanatus and New Zealand flax Phormium tenax are presently any in danger of growing out of control. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The creeping tsamma melons (Citrullus lanatus), gemsbok cucumbers (Acanthosicyos naudinianus), and wild cucumbers (Cucumis africanus) are important sources of water and food for both humans and animals. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Much of the grassland, as on Soay and Boreray, has a sub-maritime character consisting of Holcus lanatus, Agrostis stolonifera, A. capillaris, Festuca rubia and Anthoxanthum odoratum. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Certain plant species were introduced for grazing domestic animals, such as velvetsoft meadow grass (Holcus lanatus) and dandelion (Leontodon taraxacoides), and have flourished due to their ability to withstand the trampling of cattle. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Watermelon The watermelon is a distant relative of the other melons, the fruit of an African vine, Citrullus lanatus, whose wild relatives are very bitter. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
There is a subgroup of water-melons, C. lanatus citroides, known as citron or preserving melons, with inedible flesh but abundant rind for these preparations. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
Cover photographs (clockwise from top left): Vangueria infausta, Acokanthera oppositifolia, Uvaria scheffleri, Citrullus lanatus, Nymphaea nouchali, ❋ Unknown (1999)
Citrullus lanatus water melon large towns countrywide ❋ Unknown (1999)
Egusi (Citrullus lanatus ssp. colocynthoides) looks like a watermelon while growing. ❋ Unknown (1996)
Egusi, Citrullus lanatus ssp. colocynthoides, looks like a watermelon while growing, but the white flesh of the round, over 6-inch diameter fruits is bitter and inedible. ❋ Unknown (1996)
In West Africa, the seeds of Citrullus lanatus are used as commercial sources of oil (Omidiji, 1977). ❋ Unknown (1996)
Citrullis lanatus white gourd (wax gourd), Benincasa hispida white potato. ❋ Unknown (1991)
He recommends the "tall oat grass" (Arrhenatherum avenaceum) and the Texas mesquit grass (Holcus lanatus) introduced from England, called also velvet grass and white timothy. ❋ Unknown (1863)
TRIBULUS (Hystrix) lanatus, foliis 8-10-jugis, fructibus undique tectis spinis subulatis longitudine inaequalibus: majoribus sparsis longitudinem cocci superantibus. ❋ Charles Sturt (1832)
If you are seeding a meadow garden from scratch, avoid rye grasses and other vigorous species such as cock's foot, tall fescue and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Saffron thistle - Carthamus lanatus - is a total control plant pest in Hawke's Bay, and now is the best time to identify this weed with its bright yellow flower. ❋ Unknown (2010)
New research published in the February 2009 issue of HortScience by research scientists S. Alan Walters of Southern Illinois University and Jonathan R. Schultheis of North Carolina State University studied pollinator movements down and across rows in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)] by tracking pollen flow. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Carotenoid content and in vitro bioaccessibility of lycopene from guava (Psidium guajava) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) by high-performance liquid chromatography diode array detection. ❋ Unknown (2009)
