PI 512088 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Apodanthera undulata A. Gray

Top Name:

Calabaza loca.

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1987

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Inventory Volume:

196
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Apodanthera undulata A. Gray

Top Name:

Calabaza loca.

Origin:

Collected – Mexico

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Apr 1987

PI Assigned:

1987

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

11 November 1984.
Mexico
Locality: Along roadside, 1 km S of La Cuarenta, approxiamately 50km S of Ojuelos de Jalisco, Jalisco.
Elevation: 1900m.

Collector(s):

Donated

15 April 1987.
California, United States

Donor(s):

Merrick, Laura C., University of California-Davis

Accession Names and Identifiers

Calabaza loca.

Type: Local name

841111-06

Type: Donor identifier

BGCU 760

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Large, fleshy root. Leaves rounded and somewhat waxy. Fruits green, rind soft yet tough. Flesh bitter. Seeds dark brown, collected by local people, treated with lime water to remove bitterness, toasted and eaten. Resistant to Diabrotica beetles feeding on fruits.

Apodanthera undulata A. Gray

Genus:

Apodanthera

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Coniandreae

Nomen number:

3721

Place of publication:

Pl. wright. 2:60. 1853 (Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5, Art. 6)

Verified:

01/04/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Apodanthera undulata A. Gray var. australis McVaugh (1 active accession[s])
Apodanthera undulata A. Gray var. undulata (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	melon-loco			1	Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Spanish	calabaza de coyote			2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.

Annotations

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: PI 512088, Apodanthera undulata A. Gray, Calabaza loca.