Details for: PI 490382, Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa, Egusi


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Mali
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1983
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed10 countPI 490382 CR02 SD
 
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SEED

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Mali
Received by NPGS:
Jan 1983
PI Assigned:
1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
January 1982.
Mali
Locality: Dongo village
Coordinates: 16.1667, -3.5000 (Map it)

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Egusi
Type: Local name
Jarret, Robert L. USDA, ARS

42
Type: Donor identifier
Perret et al. P. M.

Narrative
Sown in dunes. Growing season 3-6 months
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

468433
Place of publication:

Trudy Prikl. Bot. 81:111. 1983
Verified:
08/25/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. mucosospermus Fursa

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishegusi melon as Citrullus lanatus1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: mentions egusi melon under Citrullus lanatus
Englishegusi watermelon as Citrullus lanatus1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: mentions egusi melon under Citrullus lanatus
EnglishWest African watermelon as Citrullus lanatus1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: mentions egusi melon under Citrullus lanatus
Frenchmelon à pistache as Citrullus lanatus2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: mentions egusi melon under Citrullus lanatus
Frenchpastèque égousi as Citrullus lanatus2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: mentions egusi melon under Citrullus lanatus
Nigeria (Yoruba)egusi as Citrullus lanatus2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 24 Jun 1996, from Citrullus spp. to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Nov 2016, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALSeed (entire) oil percentageMean percent seed (entire) oil content41.71 WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
DISEASEBacterial fruit blotchResistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).8 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible) WATERMELON.BFB.1995 Not Available
DISEASEGummy stem blight (Wehner)Resistance to gummy stem blight (Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm). Data summarized as the mean (mean of 1,325 cultigens = 4.50) and standard deviation over replications. Reported by Gusmini, Song, and Wehner, Crop Sci. 45:582-588.3.7 Excel Spreadsheet or as an HTML webpage. View summary statistics in an Excel Spreadsheet or as an HTML webpage.">WATERMELON.GSB.WEHNER.2005 Not Available
GENSTOCKPloidyPloidy2X S9.WATERMELON Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind3 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh4 - White S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityRelative time of maturation5 - Midseason S9.WATERMELONPI 490382 01 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseFruitxsect - Image of fruit cross section WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 490382 01 SDNot Available