Details for: PI 203979, Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin, Crystal Apple

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Top Name:

Crystal Apple

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Dec 1952

PI Assigned:

1952

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

160
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 203979 08ncai01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Top Name:

Crystal Apple

Origin:

Collected – South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

15 Dec 1952

PI Assigned:

1952

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 15 December 1952.
South Africa

Donated

15 December 1952.
Washington, United States

Donor(s):

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Crystal Apple

Type: Unverified name

Narrative

Somewhat resistant to curly top.

Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Metuliferi

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

12574

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:10. 1859

Comment:

there is some question as to whether the spelling should be corrected to "metulifer" to reflect the classical Latin termination (Shenzhen ICN Art. 32.2) for the masculine form of this adjectival epithet (see also W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin ed. 4:91. 1992), but lacking explicit guidance in the Code for this case we retain the original spelling

Verified:

02/06/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	African horned cucumber	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	African horned melon	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	horny cucumber	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
English	jelly melon	1	Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321.
English	kiwano	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	concombre africain	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Hommelone	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Horn-Gurke	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Kiwano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 13 May 2009, from Cucumis spp. to Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT	2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = STEM WITHERED OR DEAD)	MELO.GSB.NY.DIS.92.GH	PI 203979 79ncwo02 SD	Not Available
OTHER	IMAGE/PICTURE1	IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE	FRUIT - Image of fruit.	CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT	PI 203979 79ncwo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.12	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 203979 82ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.51	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 203979 79ncwo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	1.51	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 203979 79ncwo02 SD	Not Available