This name is a synonym of Citrullus lanatus .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as a synonym and as an illegitimate name with original publication details: Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23(3): 44 1929-1930 publ. 1930.
This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2723906.