Details for: PI 537300, Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad., At turshak (horse sour)


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Top Name:
At turshak (horse sour)
Origin:
Collected – Ahal, Turkmenistan
Received by NPGS:
06 Sep 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed10 countPI 537300 CR03 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Top Name:
At turshak (horse sour)
Origin:
Collected – Ahal, Turkmenistan
Received by NPGS:
06 Sep 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
14 July 1987.
Ahal, Turkmenistan
Locality: Tarkmen Botanical Garden, Ashkhabad
Coordinates: 58.3333, 38.0000 (Map it)
Elevation: 400m.

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
At turshak (horse sour)
Type: Local name

U020
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Watermelon progenator.
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

10674
Place of publication:

Linnaea 12:414. 1838
Verified:
05/10/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucumis colocynthis L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Colocynthis vulgaris Schrad.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbitter-apple  1Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishbitter-cucumber  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishcolocynth  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishvine-of-Sodom  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishwild gourd  1Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Arabichandhal  2Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Frenchcoloquinte  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBitter-Melone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanKoloquinte  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiatumba  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesecolocíntida  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishalhandal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcoloquíntida  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishkolokvint  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 24 Jun 1996, from Citrullus spp. to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 25 Jan 2002, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKPloidyPloidy2X S9.WATERMELON Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color1 - Light Green WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind2 - Striped WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh4 - White WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit diameterMaximum fruit diameter in centimeters7 WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit lengthFruit length in centimeters7 WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape1 - Round WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes2 - Medium Green WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYUniformity of fruit colorUniformity of the fruit color1 - Uniform WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYUniformity of rind colorUniformity of the rind color1 - Uniform WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYUniformity of shapeUniformity of shape1 - Uniform WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYUniformity of sizeUniformity of size1 - Uniform WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYUniformity of surfaceUniformity of fruit surface features1 - Very uniform WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMaturityRelative time of maturation7 - (1 = Early Season, 8 = Late Season) WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFruit weightFruit weight measured in kilograms0.3 WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
QUALITYBrixMass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer3.20 WATERMELON.BYRON.2004PI 537300 01 SDNot Available
SUBSETCore subsetA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetY - Yes, accession is part of the core subset WATERMELON.CORE Not Available