Citrullus lanatus – in Latin, citrullus is the diminutive of citrus and lana means wool, referring to the fuzziness of the young fruit.
ORIGIN
Nineteenth-century explorer Dr David Livingstone found large patches of watermelon growing in central Africa. They are cultivated as well as found in a semi-wild state in Namibia and Botswana. In southern Russia and the Middle East, watermelons have long been grown and
