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Details for: PI 559998,
Citrullus mucosospermus
(Fursa) Fursa, Egusi
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus
(Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
23 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus mucosospermus
(Fursa) Fursa
Top Name:
Egusi
Origin:
Collected – Oyo, Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
23 Apr 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
10 November 1984.
Oyo, Nigeria
Locality:
Ibadan
Coordinates:
7.3667, 3.8500
(Map it)
Donated
23 April 1990.
Donor(s):
Badra, T., National Horticultural Research Institute
Accession Names and Identifiers
Egusi
Type: Local name
TB84/2500
Type: Donor identifier
Grif 437
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
egusi melon
as
Citrullus lanatus
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
English
egusi watermelon
as
Citrullus lanatus
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
English
West African watermelon
as
Citrullus lanatus
1
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
French
melon à pistache
as
Citrullus lanatus
2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
French
pastèque égousi
as
Citrullus lanatus
2
PROTABASE, 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 lanatus
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
25 Aug 2015, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
to
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
25 Jun 1992, from
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad. 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:
07 Nov 2016, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to
Citrullus mucosospermus
(Fursa) Fursa
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