Details for: PI 494530, Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa, Egusi


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1985
PI Assigned:
1985
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
17 November 1984.
Oyo, Nigeria
Locality: Ibadan

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Egusi
Type: Local name

TB84/2613
Type: Donor identifier
Badra T.

Narrative
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: 25 Jun 1992, from Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. 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
CHEMICALArachidic acid (20:0)Arachidic acid (20:0) percentage0.3 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALLinoleic acid (18:2)Linoleic acid (18:2) percentage63.59 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALSeed (entire) oil percentageMean percent seed (entire) oil content38.65 WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALOleic acid (18:1)Oleic acid (18:1) percentage13.53 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALPalmitic acid (16:0)Palmitic acid (16:0) percentage10.62 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALStearic acid (18:0)Stearic acid (18:0) percentage10.38 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
DISEASEWatermelon mosaic virus IIResistance to watermelon mosaic virus II.1 - Resistant S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
DISEASEBacterial fruit blotchResistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).7 - Large spreading lesions, > 50% of cotyledon necrotic 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. 45:582-588.4.7 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
DISEASEPOWDERY MILDEW RACE 2Resistance to powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlechtend.:Fr.) Race 2 Pollacci isolate)2 - Intermediate resistant (disease index 3.1 to 6.0) WATERMELON.POWDERYMILDEW.THOMAS.2005 Not Available
GENSTOCKPloidyPloidy2X S9.WATERMELON Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind3 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh4 - White S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes9 - Variable S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityRelative time of maturation8 - Late Season S9.WATERMELONPI 494530 01 SDNot Available
SUBSETCore subsetA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetY - Yes, accession is part of the core subset WATERMELON.CORE Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 494530 or SDNot Available