"Citrullus colocynthis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.300.140.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Citrullus colocynthis- Citrullus colocynthis
- Colocynth
- Colocynths
- Bitter-Cucumber
- Bitter Cucumber
- Bitter-Cucumbers
- Bitter-Apple
- Bitter Apple
- Bitter-Apples
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