Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.

Water Melon

Minimum height	100
Maximal height	400
Life form	Th
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	NA
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_sum

Chromosome number	22
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	NA
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	NA
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	archaeophyte
Introduction mode	deliberate
Invasion status	casual species
Area type	NA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	NA
EIV T	NA
EIV K	NA
EIV F	NA
EIV R	NA
EIV N	NA
EIV S	NA
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	NA
FS- scale	NA
RS- scale	NA
NS-scale	NA
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	NA
WB-scale	NA
RB-scale	NA
NB-scale	NA
LB-scale	NA
CB-scale	NA
SB-scale	NA

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.