Ames 23581 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis africanus L. f.

Top Name:

JEWM 098

Origin:

Collected – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucumis africanus L. f.

Top Name:

JEWM 098

Origin:

Collected – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Jan 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Vine

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

05 May 1996.
Cape Province, South Africa
Locality: Near Groblershoop, 11.3 km northeast of R64 on Witsand-Oliefantshoek road from Groblershoop/Griekwastad R64.
Coordinates: -28.7564, 22.1306 (Map it)
Elevation: 896m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Kalahari Thornveld; Nama-Karoo; Roadside; Plain.
Comment: USDA collection expedition to South Africa. 1 fruit collected.
Collector(s):

Donated

13 January 1997.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

JEWM 098

Type: Collector identifier

USDA collection expedition to South Africa.

Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University

Ames 23581

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7 Research Numbers

JDM0496

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

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Narrative

Fruit: soft spines, 7.0 cm length X 3.1 cm diam., oblong; skin: green-dark-stripe, no netting; flesh: green; seeds: white tan, 6 mm X 2 mm.

Cucumis africanus L. f.

Genus:

Cucumis

Subgenus:

Cucumis

Section:

Aculeatosi

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

12544

Place of publication:

Suppl. pl. 423. 1782 ("1781")

Verified:

02/05/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumis hookeri Naudin

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Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
PRODUCTION	100 SEED WEIGHT	100 SEED WEIGHT	0.83		NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE	Ames 23581 97ncao01 SD	Not Available

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Details for: Ames 23581, Cucumis africanus L. f., JEWM 098

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