Details for: PI 560000, Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa, Egusi

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa

Top Name:

Egusi

Origin:

Collected – Oyo, Nigeria

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

23 Apr 1990

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus mucosospermus (Fursa) Fursa

Top Name:

Egusi

Origin:

Collected – Oyo, Nigeria

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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

TB84/2502

Type: Donor identifier

Grif 439

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	note	seq	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.

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

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	Seed (entire) oil percentage	Mean percent seed (entire) oil content	32.8	WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012		Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	1 - Resistant (no symptons)	WATERMELON.BFB.2020		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber	5 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GC.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Green House	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	3 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE1.GH.2019		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 2 Green House	Resistance to race 2 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Green House	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.ANTHRACNOSE.RACE2.GH.2019		Not Available
GENSTOCK	Ploidy	Ploidy	2X	S9.WATERMELON		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	2 - Striped	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	4 - White	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	14	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	13	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	2 - Oblate	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	3 - Dark Green	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	1 - Early Season	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	1.4	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	2.90	WATERMELON.1998		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Fruitxsect - Image of fruit cross section	WATERMELON.IMAGE.2004		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED	PI 560000 01 SD	Not Available