2006-06-18 07:10:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. The fleshy, juicy fruit is eaten fresh, the rind is pickled, and in Asia the seeds are eaten (the dry wild watermelon was originally domesticated for its seeds). Seedless and thin-rinded cultivated varieties have been developed, and one white-fleshed variety, the citron melon, is used like citron in preserving. Watermelons are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Violales, family Curcurbitaceae.
2006-06-18 07:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by bugsie 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Kalahari desert in Africa. Originally from the semen of Set, the Egyptian god of the desert.
2006-06-18 14:14:11 · answer #2 · answered by drewK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They brought it out of the kitchen when I asked for it.
2006-06-18 14:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by Pumpkin Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS WIDELY GROWN AFRICAN WINE (CITRULLUS VULGARIS) OF THE GOURD FAMILY WHOSE FRUITS ARE WATERMELONS.
2006-06-18 14:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by gkakkasseri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would have to say the middle east .
2006-06-18 14:12:50 · answer #5 · answered by jack jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watermelonia
2006-06-18 14:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by nathan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SEED
2006-06-18 14:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Steve K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
africa
2006-06-18 14:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by ScottB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋