Details for: W6 10965, Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid., SR4-2

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.

Top Name:

SR4-2

Origin:

Collected – California, United States

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Currently unavailable due to reduced staffing.

Cuttings available March through May. Seeds, if available, are open pollinated.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.

Top Name:

SR4-2

Origin:

Collected – California, United States

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

15 Sep 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

19 August 1992.
California, United States
Locality: 5 acre plantations, Moreno Valley, Riverside.

Collector(s):

Donated

15 September 1992.
California, United States
Comment: The Indian PGR Project and USDA-OICD Agreement (58-319R-2-024)
Donor(s):

Ting, I.P., University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

SR4-2

Type: Collector identifier

W6 10965

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Bush tall. Leaves green, glaucous, small, glandular. Prolificacy average. Fruits singly borne. Seed large, oil high (>0.45g/seed).

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.

Genus:

Simmondsia

Family:

Simmondsiaceae

Nomen number:

105075

Place of publication:

Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2:141. 1907

Verified:

09/09/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Buxus chinensis Link

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Simmondsia californica Nutt.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	goatnut	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	jojoba	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedish	jojoba	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Frost damage	Frost damage of shrubs in 2 years with temperature below zero centigrade 3 consecutive days	2 - 50% shrub damage. Roughly 31-65%	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower set pattern	Flower set pattern	3 - Random set	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of stems > 1 meter	Number of stems greater 1 meter in near to soil level. Mean of shrubs in the 4th year of vegetation.	16	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internodal length in cm	Internodal length. Mean of 2 branches from 3 shrubs in the 4th year of vegetation	4.5	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	plant	SIMMONDSIA.IMAGE.PARLIER	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Shrub height in cm	Shrub height in centimeters in the 4th year. Soil level to the tip of highest stem	182	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	W6 10965 92o SD	Not Available