Details for: PI 560956, Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin, pavi.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin

Top Name:

pavi.

Origin:

Collected – Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 560956 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin

Top Name:

pavi.

Origin:

Collected – Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

12 June 1989.
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Locality: 12km E of center of Santa Cruz on S side of road to Cotoca, Jardin Botanico de Santa Cruz, Andres Ibanez Province, Santa Cruz Dept.
Coordinates: -17.7667, -63.0667 (Map it)
Elevation: 375m.

Collector(s):

Williams, David E., USDA, ARS

Donated

15 June 1990.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Williams, David E., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

pavi.

Type: Local name

926

Type: Donor identifier

Grif 424

Type: Other or unclassified name

DEW1990

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Fruit hard, dark purple, cylindrical, to 30cm long. Flesh orange, pleasant fragrance. Seeds numerous, purplish-brown. Cultivated on an arbor at the botanical garden. Said to be the variety grown by local farmers.

Sicana odorifera (Vell.) Naudin

Genus:

Sicana

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

33879

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 18:181, t. 8. 1862

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41588358

Verified:

04/12/2018 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Cucurbita odorifera Vell.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita euodicarpa Hassk.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	casabanana	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	cassabanana	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	musk-cucumber	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
French	calebasse zombi	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	coroá	2	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)	cruá	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	curuá	2	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)	curubá	2	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Portuguese (Brazil)	melão-caboclo	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	cohombro de olor	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed		S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEED	PI 560956 or SD	Not Available