Details for: PI 249895, Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr., 'Gatooma 29'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr.

Cultivar:

'Gatooma 29'

Origin:

Collected – Zimbabwe

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Aug 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

166
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 249895 87ncsi51 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr.

Cultivar:

'Gatooma 29'

Origin:

Collected – Zimbabwe

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

11 Aug 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 11 August 1958.
Zimbabwe
Locality: Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Comment: Kadoma, Zimbabwe (city formerly known as Gatooma until 1982).

Donated

11 August 1958.
Transvaal, South Africa

Donor(s):

Plant Introduction Office

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Gatooma 29'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Prostrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces; ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong. 2 inches long on stout, curved peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for a few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. This accession large fruited type with long spines. Originally from Southern Rhodesia.

Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr.

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Aculeatosi

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

404384

Place of publication:

Biosyst. monogr. Cucumis 39. 1993

Verified:

02/05/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Cucumis anguria L. (49 active accession[s])
Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria (10 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis anguria L. var. longipes auct.

Common names

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 13 Nov 1991, from Cucumis longipes Hook. f. to Cucumis anguria L. var. longipes auct.
Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Feb 1996, from Cucumis anguria L. var. longipes auct. to Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	MATURE FLESH COLOR	5 - WHITE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH TASTE	TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH	9 - ACID	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH THICKNESS	FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS	1	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	2 - ORANGE	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	5	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	5	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	MATURE FRUIT SHAPE	1 - ROUND	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE	4 - SPINED	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS)	S9.CANTALOUPE		Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	0.85	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 249895 87ncsi01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	0.85	NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	PI 249895 87ncsi51 SD