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Details for: PI 500373,
Cucumis melo
L., Makawa
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L.
Top Name:
Makawa
Origin:
Collected – Southern, Zambia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Inventory Volume:
194
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Availability
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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L.
Top Name:
Makawa
Origin:
Collected – Southern, Zambia
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
08 May 1981.
Southern, Zambia
Locality:
Syazwela, Choma District, Southern Province
Coordinates:
-16.0000, 27.0000
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Mahle, W., Mount Makulu Research Station
Mehra, K.L., International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Mulega, G., Mount Makulu Research Station
Donated
November 1981.
Italy
Comment:
Received through Intern. Board for Pl. Genetic Resources (IBPGR), Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Mahle, W., Mount Makulu Research Station
Mehra, K.L., International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Mulega, G., Mount Makulu Research Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
Makawa
Type: Local name
ZM 1364
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Fruit orange.
Cucumis melo
L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
404410
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359032
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
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
(3056 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)
Cucumis melo
L. var.
acidulus
Naudin
Cucumis melo
L. var.
hibernus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
makuwa
Makino
Cucumis melo
L. var.
ameri
Gabaev
Cucumis melo
L. var.
duripulposus
Filov, nom. inval.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
microspermus
Nakai ex Kitam.
Cucumis microspermus
Nakai
Cucumis melo
L. var.
aegyptiacus
(Sickenb.) Hassib
Cucumis dudaim
L. var.
aegyptiacus
Sickenb.
Cucumis melo
L. var.
pubescens
(Willd.) Kurz
Cucumis pubescens
Willd.
Cucumis moschatus
Gray
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Hami melon
1
Aierken, Y. et al.
2011. Molecular analysis of the genetic diversity of Chines Hami melon and its relationship to the melon germplasm from Central and South Asia. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80:52-65.
English
melon
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
20 Nov 1998, from
Cucumis sativus
L. var.
sativus
to
Cucumis melo
L.
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Description
Value
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Inventory
Availability
FLWR-FRUIT
MINIMUM FRUIT LENGTH
Minimum fruit length in centimeters.
12
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
MAXIMUM FRUIT LENGTH
Maximum fruit length in centimeters.
16
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
MINIMUM FRUIT WIDTH
Minimum fruit width in centimeters.
7.5
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
MAXIMUM FRUIT WIDTH
Maximum fruit width in centimeters.
9
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SKIN TEXTURE
Surface texture of fruit (Combinations permitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
1 - SMOOTH
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SHAPE
Fruit shape (Combinations perimitted). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
OG - OBLONG
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
MATURE COLOR
Color of fruit at maturity (Combinations Allowed - within 10 characters). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
OR - ORANGE
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
FRUIT SPINE COLOR
Spine color (Combinations allowed). With GRIN3, one may need to enter multiple records (?).
BK - BLACK
CUCS.AMES.INC.1987
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
1.45
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 500373 86ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.56
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 500373 86ncpo01 SD
Not Available