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Details for: PI 596654,
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn., 21
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Taxonomy:
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn.
Top Name:
21
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn.
Top Name:
21
Origin:
Collected – South Africa
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
28 April 1996.
South Africa
Locality:
Alongside road R510 to Stockport, approximately 6km north of Elisras, just north of junction with R518.
Coordinates:
-23.6272, 27.7508
(Map it)
Elevation:
1021m.
Environment description:
Savanna biome, arid sweet bush veld, southeast slope. Red Kalahari sand.
Collector(s):
Ellis, Roger, Agricultural Research Council
Jooste, Mariana, Agricultural Research Council
Mccreight, James D., USDA, ARS
Wehner, Todd, North Carolina State University
Accession Names and Identifiers
21
Type: Collector identifier
JDM0496
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Skin light green turning orange, fruit small, long tapered at both ends, cream-yellow with long spot markings, no netting, fruit length 105 mm, diameter 29 mm. Flesh yellow, fibrous, placenta red, seed tan-grey, seed size 9 x 5. Tendrils, strongly climbing, not sprawling.
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn.
Genus:
Coccinia
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
314529
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 3:534. 1881
Verified:
08/13/2015
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn. var.
sessilifolia
(0 active accession[s])
Coccinia sessilifolia
(Sond.) Cogn. var.
variifolia
(A. Meeuse) Holstein
(0 active accession[s])
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Basionym
Cephalandra sessilifolia
Sond.
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S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEED
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