Details for: PI 542116, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, 531


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
531
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
531
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
19 March 1988.
Botswana
Locality: 26.2km SE of Kang, SW Kgalagadi Province
Coordinates: -23.8500, -22.9167 (Map it)
Elevation: 1020m.
Environment description: Coarse sand, bushland, plain
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
531
Type: Collector identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Narrative
Five plants sampled out of a population of >20. Soip pH 7.1. Associated species: Acacia, Terminalia and Indigofera.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

10675
Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.
Comment:
the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.
Verified:
03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfghan-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbastard-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishdessert watermelon  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishwatermelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmelon d'eau  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Frenchpastèque  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
GermanWassermelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italiananguria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajisuika  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemelancia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishalbudeca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishsandía  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishvattenmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansubag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus 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
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Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALArachidic acid (20:0)Arachidic acid (20:0) percentage0.26 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALLinoleic acid (18:2)Linoleic acid (18:2) percentage73 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALSeed (entire) oil percentageMean percent seed (entire) oil content15.57 WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALOleic acid (18:1)Oleic acid (18:1) percentage8.14 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALPalmitic acid (16:0)Palmitic acid (16:0) percentage10.95 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
CHEMICALStearic acid (18:0)Stearic acid (18:0) percentage6.75 WATERMELON.FATTY.ACID.CONTENT.2012 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color1 - Light Green WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind5 - Spotted WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh4 - White WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit diameterMaximum fruit diameter in centimeters12 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit lengthFruit length in centimeters13 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape1 - Round WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes3 - Dark Green WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFruit weightFruit weight measured in kilograms0.4 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
QUALITYBrixMass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer1.80 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 542116 02 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseFruitxsect - Image of fruit cross section WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004 Not Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 542116 01 SDNot Available