This name is a synonym of Citrullus colocynthis .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 66 1929-1930 publ. 1930.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:291931-1
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This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2723903, and has not been changed.