Title:

Project Duras. Case study: Kalahari Melon Seed oil

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Publication Year:
2008
Abstract:

The product is the lipid oil from the seeds of the "Kalahari Melon" (KM) or "wild watermelon", indigenous to Namibia and more broadly to the Kalahari basin of Southern Africa (Kalahari Desert and associated Kalahari sandy soil areas). Kalahari Melon, also known as "Tsama" or "Tsamma" is a bitter, small-fruited melon of the Cucurbitaceae family, recognised as the wild progenitor of the cultivated watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Maggs 1998).

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Report
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en
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