Details for: PI 282442, Cucumis anguria L.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria L.
Origin:
Collected – Zimbabwe
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countPI 282442 84ncni01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis anguria L.
Origin:
Collected – Zimbabwe
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 01 August 1962.
Zimbabwe
Locality: Gatooma (Kadoma), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Coordinates: -18.3500, 29.9167 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS

Donated
01 August 1962.
Transvaal, South Africa

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Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Annual monoecious creeper; stems to 3 m. long; tendrils stoutish; fruit large, ellipsoid or subglobose, light yellowish green to bright yellow when ripe; bitter. Received as Cucumis anguria var. longipes.
Cucumis anguria L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12546
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria (10 active accession[s])
Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. (23 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishWest Indian gherkin  1Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)cornichão-das-antilhas  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maxixe  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maxixe-bravo  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maxixe-do-mato  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)pepino-castanha  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)pepino-espinhoso  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishpepino cimarrón  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish (Guatemala)sandía de ratón  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishanguriagurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYFLESH COLORMATURE FLESH COLOR5 - WHITE S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH TASTETASTE OF FRUIT FLESH9 - ACID S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLESH THICKNESSFLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS3 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLORMATURE FRUIT COLOR1 - YELLOW S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEMATURE FRUIT SHAPE1 - ROUND S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACECHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE4 - SPINED S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION8 - LATE (91-110 DAYS) S9.CANTALOUPE Not Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT0.5 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 282442 87ncso01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT0.76 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 282442 84ncni01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT0.86 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 282442 87ncsi01 SDNot Available