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We found this European species at its eastern range in Armenia, it was full of fruits.
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Citrullus colocynthis is a wild watermelon. It belongs to a group of species that is related to the cultivated watermelon. Here u can see one plant with dry fruits, after the fruits are detached form the stem they are driven by floods, break and disperse their seeds.
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The closed fruit is really waxy, when its open it is very wet and sticky including the seeds that are bird dispersed.
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Bryonia cretica is a common Mediterranean, perennial, herbaceous climber. We enjoyed its beautiful fruits.
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Citrullus colocynthis is a common wild water melon, found in sandy deserts of N Africa, the Middle East eastwards to India. Here u can see a flower and a yound fruit.
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This is one of the progenitors of the edible watermelon, surprisingly it is a small bitter fruit in nature. It grows in the desert and later the dried-hollow fruits are dispersed by wind and water.
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This plant is a wild watermelon, related to the cultivated one. It is common in the Arabian deserts anbd southwards to Africa. In nature the watermelons are rather small, reaching a diameter of 7-10 cm. After ripe the round fruit dries out and rolls with the winds and winter water along the washes, breaks and dispers the seeds.
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This plant is a wild watermelon, related to the cultivated one. It is common in the Arabian deserts anbd southwards to Africa. In nature the watermelons are rather small, reaching a diameter of 7-10 cm. After ripe the round fruit dries out and rolls with the winds and winter water along the washes, breaks and dispers the seeds.
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This time a young wild watermelon. It is related to the cultivated one. It is common in the Arabian deserts anbd southwards to Africa. In nature the watermelons are rather small, reaching a diameter of 7-10 cm. After ripe the round fruit dries out and rolls with the winds and winter water along the washes, breaks and dispers the seeds.
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An small herbaceous creeping/climbing perennial. Flower yellow and small. The fruit is prickly, striped green, turning yellow.