EARL LOVELACE


Salt




Plants of the Palearctic Realm



Watermelon


Number of times mentioned: 1
Latin name: Cucumis citrullus
Region of origin: Northeastern Africa

Quotations:

"Another brother, Mano, who used to play music in the parang band, put down his cuatro and take up a dougla girl from in the back of Princes Town and gone in the forest to build a house and squat a piece of land and plant watermelon and make children." (73)



Botanical reference:
Harry S. Paris, “Origin and Emergence of the Sweet Dessert Watermelon, Citrullus Lanatus,” Annals of Botany 116, no. 2 (August 1, 2015): 133–48, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcv077.
























Image credits:

Tomás Sánchez, Autorretrato En Tarde Rosa, 1994, Acrylic on linen, 1994,
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/03/tomas-sanchez-landscape-paintings/.


Tomás Sánchez, Orilla y Cielo Gris, 1995, Acrylic on canvas, 1995,
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/03/tomas-sanchez-landscape-paintings/.





Text edition:

Earl Lovelace, Salt (New York, 1996),
https://www.proquest.com/books/salt/docview/2138588739/se-2?accountid=10267.