Details for: PI 532738, Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa, Egusi


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
04 October 1987.
Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Locality: Marche local de Kahemba, Kahemba, Moloshi District
Coordinates: -7.3000, 18.9667 (Map it)
Elevation: 1000m.
Environment description: Village market
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Egusi
Type: Local name
Jarret, Robert L. USDA, ARS

Mantete (courge)
Type: Local name

IZ 1000774
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

NNN 203
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Batshokwe tribe, Kikongo language. Planted September, harvested December, Tetela type.
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: 06 Aug 2014, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf. to Citrullus amarus Schrad.
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Jul 1995, from Cucurbita spp. to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 30 Dec 1996, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 22 Apr 2002, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Nov 2016, from Citrullus amarus Schrad. to Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKPloidyPloidy2X S9.WATERMELON Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color2 - Medium Green WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind4 - Mixed WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh3 - Yellow WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit diameterMaximum fruit diameter in centimeters14 WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit lengthFruit length in centimeters14 WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape1 - Round WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes2 - Medium Green WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityRelative time of maturation5 - Midseason WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFruit weightFruit weight measured in kilograms1.2 WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
QUALITYBrixMass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer2.00 WATERMELON.2001PI 532738 02 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 532738 01 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 532738 02 SDNot Available