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Details for: PI 271333,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, Khira
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Khira
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
169
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 271333 03ncai01 SD
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(3
total. Click on image for more.)
Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
Khira
Origin:
Collected – India
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 1961
PI Assigned:
1961
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 30 January 1961.
India
Collector(s):
Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS
Donated
30 January 1961.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Harlan, Jack Rodney, USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
Khira
Type: Local name
1689
Type: Collector identifier
No. 76
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
melo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12564
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(151 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia collosa
Rottler
Cucumis collosus
(Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus
Roxb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
melon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
melone
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
meron
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish
melon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
tian gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
chamoe
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
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MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
MATURE FLESH COLOR
5 - WHITE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH TASTE
TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH
5 - INSIPID
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH THICKNESS
FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS
3
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
MATURE FRUIT COLOR
1 - YELLOW
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
12
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
17
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
4 - OBLONG
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SURFACE
CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE
2 - FURROWED
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 271333 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE2
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 271333 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE3
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 271333 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION
5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS)
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.65
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 271333 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.17
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 271333 03ncai01 SD