Details for: PI 505596, Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner, ZM/A 5062


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
ZM/A 5062
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1985
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
ZM/A 5062
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1985
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
17 June 1984.
Zambia
Locality: Kabuchi, 29km of North Mwinglunga to Nyakaseya, Northwestern Province.
Coordinates: -11.5833, 24.4667 (Map it)
Elevation: 1330m.

Collector(s):
Donated
February 1985.
Italy
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
ZM/A 5062
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Narrative
Used for oil. Oil used in relish and on salads.
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Genus:
Melothria
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

463029
Place of publication:

Taxon 60:134. 2011
Verified:
04/28/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Posadaea sphaerocarpa Cogn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cladosicyos edulis Hook. f.
Cucumeropsis edulis (Hook. f.) Cogn.
Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdark egusi as Cucumeropsis mannii1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Englishegusi-itoo as Cucumeropsis mannii1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Englishwhite-seed-melon as Cucumeropsis mannii1Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321. Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchégousi as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchegousi-itoo as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchgousi as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Portugueselipupu as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 28 Apr 2011, from Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin to Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
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CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEEDPI 505596 or SDNot Available