Details for: Ames 23587, Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin, JEWM 108


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Top Name:
JEWM 108
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
13 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Top Name:
JEWM 108
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
13 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
06 May 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: 15.0 km east of R46 on the Derdepoort road; 15 km northeast of Zeerust/Gaborne road to Derdepoort (Botswana Border).
Coordinates: -24.6769, 26.2300 (Map it)
Elevation: 1022m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Arid Sweet Bushveld; Savanna; Roadside; Plain. Growing in thick grass, clay.
Comment: USDA collection expedition to South Africa. 6 fruit collected. Vines dead, fruit mature.
Collector(s):
Donated
13 January 1997.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
JEWM 108
Type: Collector identifier
USDA collection expedition to South Africa.
Wehner, Todd North Carolina State University

Ames 23587
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

JDM0496
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Fruit: soft spines, 3.2 cm length X 2.4 cm diam., oval-elliptical; skin: brown green stripe, no netting; flesh: green; seeds: white tan, 5 mm X 2 mm.
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Aculeatosi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12576
Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:22. 1859
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. leptodermis (Schweick.) C. Jeffrey & P. Halliday (2 active accession[s])
Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. myriocarpus (6 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgooseberry cucumber  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishgooseberry melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Swedishkrusbärsgurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHT100 SEED WEIGHT0.92 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLEAmes 23587 97ncao01 SDNot Available