Two phase diagrams of the L-citrulline-water system were obtained by using DTA on samples held in sealed glass ampoules. The first one exhibits only the anhydrous solid-liquid-vapour equilibrium, while the second one shows the peritectic decomposition reaction of L-citrulline dihydrate at 61‡. Tammann's curve does not reveal a maximum point for the dihydrate composition; this point is located in the water-rich part of the diagram. This must be related to the action of a non-negligible vapour pressure. A monotropic polymorphism of L-citrulline is expected. The second diagram is an isochoric (V/m=8 cm3 g−1) section of theT-V/m-x diagram, which involves the presence of a vapour phase.