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Details for: PI 518693,
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin, Melon de los chinos
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Top Name:
Melon de los chinos
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
03 Feb 1988
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
197
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Top Name:
Melon de los chinos
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
03 Feb 1988
PI Assigned:
1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
06 August 1985.
Bolivia
Locality:
Market, La Paz
Collector(s):
Nee, M., New York Botanical Gardens
Donated
03 February 1988.
New York, United States
Comment:
Received through T.C. Andres, Dept. of Horticultural Science, New York State Agr. Exp. Sta., Geneva, New York
Donor(s):
Nee, M., New York Botanical Gardens
Accession Names and Identifiers
Melon de los chinos
Type: Local name
31293
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Originally from Santa Cruz
Sicana odorifera
(Vell.) Naudin
Genus:
Sicana
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:
33879
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18:181, t. 8. 1862
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41588358
Verified:
04/12/2018
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucurbita odorifera
Vell.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita euodicarpa
Hassk.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
casabanana
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
cassabanana
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
musk-cucumber
1
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
French
calebasse zombi
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
coroá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
cruá
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
curuá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
curubá
2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)
melão-caboclo
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
cohombro de olor
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Seed - Image of seed
S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEED
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