Citrullus lanatus: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
albudeca	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
chandia	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
egusi	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
egusi watermelon	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
hina pāpālangi	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
maeyis	Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 28)
meleni	Niuean	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 77)
meleni	Samoan	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
meleni	Samoan	Manu‘a Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
meleni	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
meleni	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
melēni	Tongarevan (spoken)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
meleni	Tuvaluan	Tuvalu Islands	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 121)
meleti	Mangarevan	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
melon d'eau	French	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
merēni	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
merēni	Tahitian	Tahiti Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
merēni	Tongarevan (written)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
mereni Tahiti	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
mereti	Mangarevan	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
pastique	French	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
sandía	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
sandiang	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
suik	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
te meren	I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 21)
watermelon	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
wild melon	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 678)
xi gua	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	chandia	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
Chinese	?	xi gua	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)
English	?	egusi	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
English	?	egusi watermelon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
English	?	watermelon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
English	?	wild melon	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 678)
French	?	melon d'eau	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
French	?	pastique	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	te meren	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 21)
Mangarevan	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	meleti	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Mangarevan	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	mereti	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	merēni	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Niuean	Niue Island	meleni	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 77)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	sandiang	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	suik	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Samoan	American Samoa Islands	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Samoan	Manu‘a Islands	meleni	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Spanish	?	albudeca	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	sandía	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Tahitian	Society Islands	mereni Tahiti	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
Tahitian	Tahiti Island	merēni	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	hina pāpālangi	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tongarevan (spoken)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	melēni	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Tongarevan (written)	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	merēni	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Tuvaluan	Tuvalu Islands	meleni	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 121)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	maeyis	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 28)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	xi gua	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)
?	English	egusi	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
?	English	egusi watermelon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
?	English	watermelon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
?	English	wild melon	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 678)
?	French	melon d'eau	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
?	French	pastique	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
?	Spanish	albudeca	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
American Samoa Islands	Samoan	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	merēni	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	sandía	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Guam Island	Chamorro	chandia	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
Kiribati (Republic of)	I-Kiribati	te meren	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 21)
Mangareva (Gambier) Island	Mangarevan	meleti	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Mangareva (Gambier) Island	Mangarevan	mereti	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Manu‘a Islands	Samoan	meleni	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Niue Island	Niuean	meleni	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 77)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	sandiang	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	suik	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	Tongarevan (spoken)	melēni	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	Tongarevan (written)	merēni	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Society Islands	Tahitian	mereni Tahiti	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
Tahiti Island	Tahitian	merēni	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	hina pāpālangi	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tuvalu Islands	Tuvaluan	meleni	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 121)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	meleni	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	maeyis	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 28)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	chandia	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
Chinese	xi gua	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2011)
English	egusi	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
English	egusi watermelon	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
English	watermelon	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 562)
English	wild melon	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 678)
French	melon d'eau	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
French	pastique	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
I-Kiribati	te meren	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 21)
Mangarevan	meleti	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Mangarevan	mereti	Mangareva (Gambier) Island	St. John, Harold (1988) (p. 25)
Maori (Cook Islands)	merēni	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Niuean	meleni	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 77)
Palauan	sandiang	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Palauan	suik	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Samoan	meleni	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Samoan	meleni	Manu‘a Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Samoan	meleni	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 183)
Spanish	albudeca	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Spanish	sandía	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Tahitian	merēni	Tahiti Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 379)
Tahitian	mereni Tahiti	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 92)
Tongan	hina pāpālangi	Tonga Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tongan	meleni	Tonga Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1991) (p. 86)
Tongarevan (spoken)	melēni	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Tongarevan (written)	merēni	Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island	McCormack, Gerald (2011)
Tuvaluan	meleni	Tuvalu Islands	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 121)
Yapese	maeyis	Yap (Waqab) Island	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 28)

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