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CUCURBITACEAE
Citrullus lanatus   (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Zarma name: ganji kaney
Wild watermelon with fruits several centimeters in diam.
Uses: Vegetable (fruits), medicine (leaves)
Notes: Fruits are not sweet but cooked as a vegetable. There is a proverb in Zarma,hKaney ga harey gareyh which means that fruits of this plant drives the hunger away, indicating the importance as a famine food.
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1. Flowering shoot
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2. Flowers
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