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.