Details for: PI 596662, Citrullus amarus Schrad., 37

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrullus amarus Schrad.

Top Name:

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, 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

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 amarus Schrad.

Top Name:

Origin:

Collected – Transvaal, 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

29 April 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: West of intersection of roads from Marico River crossing, 4km west of Deerdeport and Madikwe River Lodge intersection. Distributed along roadside going west.
Coordinates: -24.6428, 26.3686 (Map it)
Elevation: 866m.
Environment description: Savanna biome, arid sweet bush veld, northeast roadside slope.

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Type: Collector identifier

JDM0496

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Fruit small globular, skin dark green with yellow-green stripe, yellow spots with random stripe markings, no netting, flesh white, seed black.

Citrullus amarus Schrad.

Genus:

Citrullus

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Benincaseae

Nomen number:

468434

Place of publication:

C. F. Ecklon & K. L. P. Zeyher, Enum. pl. afric. austral. 2:279. 1836

Verified:

08/06/2014 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus afer Schrad.
Citrullus caffer Schrad., orth. var.
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. afer (Schrad.) Mansf., orth. var.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. caffer (Schrad.) Mansf., orth. var.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. citroides L. H. Bailey

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	biiter-melon		1	Renner. S. S. et al. 2017. Chromosome numbers, Sudanese wild forms, and classification of the watermelon genus Citrullus, with 50 names allocated to seven biological species. Taxon 66:1393-1405. DOI: 10.12705/666.7.
English	citron-melon	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	1	Bailey, L. H. 1930. Three discussions in Cucurbitaceae. Gentes Herbarum 2:186.
English	fodder-melon	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus Citroides Group
English	preserving-melon	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	1	Bailey, L. H. 1930. Three discussions in Cucurbitaceae. Gentes Herbarum 2:186.
English	stock-melon	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides
English	tsamma-melon	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	1	Levi, A. et al. 2001. Genetic diversity among watermelon (Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis) accessions. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 48:559-566. Note: as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides
French	citre	as Citrullus lanatus	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	méréville	as Citrullus lanatus	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	pastèque à cuire	as Citrullus lanatus	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	pastèque fourragère	as Citrullus lanatus	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
German	Futtermelone	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides
Portuguese (Portugal)	gila		2	Renner. S. S. et al. 2017. Chromosome numbers, Sudanese wild forms, and classification of the watermelon genus Citrullus, with 50 names allocated to seven biological species. Taxon 66:1393-1405. DOI: 10.12705/666.7.
Spanish (Spain)	gila		2	Renner. S. S. et al. 2017. Chromosome numbers, Sudanese wild forms, and classification of the watermelon genus Citrullus, with 50 names allocated to seven biological species. Taxon 66:1393-1405. DOI: 10.12705/666.7.
Transliterated Russian	cukatnyj arbuz	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus Citroides Group
Transliterated Russian	kormovoj arbuz	as Citrullus lanatus var. citroides	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus Citroides Group

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 06 Aug 2014, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf. to Citrullus amarus Schrad.
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 24 Jan 2000, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. citroides (L. H. Bailey) Mansf.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	Seed (entire) oil percentage	Mean percent seed (entire) oil content	22.92	WATERMELON.SEED.OIL.CONTENT.2012		Not Available
DISEASE	Bacterial fruit blotch	Resistance to watermelon fruit blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli).	4 - (1 = Resistant, 9 = Susceptible)	WATERMELON.BFB.2020		Not Available
DISEASE	Anthracnose race 1 Growth Chamber	Resistance to race 1 of Colletotrichum lagenarium evaluated in Growth Chamber	6 - (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	5 - (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	5 - (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	1 - Light Green	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Background color	Fruit rind background color	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	1 - Solid	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit color pattern	Color pattern of fruit rind	5 - Spotted	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	4 - White	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flesh color	Color of ripe fruit flesh	5 - Mixed	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	8	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit diameter	Maximum fruit diameter in centimeters	8	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	11	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit length	Fruit length in centimeters	8	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	1 - Round	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit shape	General fruit shape	9 - Variable	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripe color	Color of rind stripes	2 - Medium Green	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of maturation	8 - Late Season	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	0.4	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Fruit weight	Fruit weight measured in kilograms	1.6	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	.40	WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003	PI 596662 02 SD	Not Available
QUALITY	Brix	Mass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer	1.50	WATERMELON.1999		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	Seed - Image of seed	WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEED	PI 596662 01 SD	Not Available