Details for: PI 385970, Cucurbita pepo L., 'Dark Green Milan (Courgette)'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Cultivar:
'Dark Green Milan (Courgette)'
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Received by NPGS:
01 Mar 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Cultivar:
'Dark Green Milan (Courgette)'
Origin:
Collected – Kenya
Received by NPGS:
01 Mar 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 01 March 1974.
Kenya

Collector(s):
Donated
01 March 1974.
Kenya
Comment: Received by S.W. Braverman, Division of Plant Quarantine Services, East Africa Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization, Nairobi.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Dark Green Milan (Courgette)'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
High yielder. Received as Cucurbita maxima.
Cucurbita pepo L.
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12606
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (1 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbitter bottle gourd  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Englishbush squash  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishmarrow  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchcitrouille  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Frenchcourge pepon  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
GermanGemüse-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianzucchino  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish (Mexico)calabaza  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Swedishpumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi hu lu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)ghia kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 18 Sep 1987, from Cucurbita maxima Duchesne to Cucurbita pepo L.
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Citations
  • Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek . 2023. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814. Note: Supplementary material: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 1661
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
FLWR-FRUITFLESH THICKNESS MAXIMUMMaximum flesh thickness in centimeters. Originally called FLESHTHICK, this was changed to allow for maximum measurements. Older values of FLESHTHICK are now in this FLSHTHKMAX observation.3 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT LENGTH MINIMUMMinimum fruit length in centimeters.38 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT LENGTH MAXIMUMMaximum fruit length in centimeters.50 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT WIDTH MINIMUMMinimum fruit width in centimeters.10 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT WIDTH MAXIMUMMaximum fruit width in centimeters.13 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFLESH THICKNESS MINIMUMMinimum flesh thickness in centimeters. Added 5/23/00.2 PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFLESH COLORFlesh color (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).YE - YELLOW PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT SKIN TEXTURETexture of fruit surface (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).1 - SMOOTH PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT SHAPEFruit shape (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).OG - OBLONG PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
FLWR-FRUITFRUIT SURFACE COLORFruit surface color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).GN - GREEN PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
GROWTHMAXIMUM PLANT VIGORMaximum plant vigor.4 - MEDIUM-POOR PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
GROWTHMINIMUM PLANT VIGORMinimum plant vigor.4 - MEDIUM-POOR PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPLANT TYPEPlant type.B - BUSH PEPO.AMES.COBS.HISTORICAL Not Available
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.10 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 80ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.11.25 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 90ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.13.36 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 75ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.16.02 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 93ncni01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams10 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 80ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams11.25 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 90ncab01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams13.36 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 75ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams16.02 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEPI 385970 93ncni01 SDNot Available