Details for: DFIC 207, Ficus carica L., 'LSU Improved Celeste'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Ficus carica L.

Cultivar:

'LSU Improved Celeste'

Origin:

Developed – Louisiana, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Feb 2003

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

There are no images for this accession.

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Ficus carica L.

Cultivar:

'LSU Improved Celeste'

Origin:

Developed – Louisiana, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Feb 2003

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

NEAR 1955.
Louisiana, United States
Comment: Developed through the Lousiana State University Fig Program. Bred between 1955 and 1957
Developer(s):

O'Rouke, E.N., Department of Horticulture

Donated

10 February 2003.
Louisiana, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; 3 cuttings received
Donor(s):

Robichaux, Roland, Robichaux's Pharmacy and Gifts

Accession Names and Identifiers

'LSU Improved Celeste'

Type: Cultivar name

DFIC 207

Type: Site identifier

Improved Celeste

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

30% larger than Celeste, which is LSU's best fig (per Robichaux). This accession bears 2 crops per year, more productive, and has a very pleasing flavor and a very attractive reddish/brown skin color. It bears good quality fruit on a young tree. Very desirable. Nematode resistant.

Ficus carica L.

Genus:

Ficus

Section:

Ficus

Family:

Moraceae

Tribe:

Ficeae

Nomen number:

16801

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1059. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359080

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/08/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Ficus carica L. subsp. carica (0 active accession[s])
Ficus carica L. subsp. rupestris (Hausskn. ex Boiss.) Browicz (0 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus caprificus Risso
Ficus carica L. var. caprificus (Risso) Tschirch & Ravasini

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	common fig		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:368-370.
English	fig		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic	teen		2	Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
Chinese	wu hua guo	无花果	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	carique		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:368-370.
French	figuier commun		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	echte Feige		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Essfeige		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:368-370.
German	Feigenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)	anjir		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:368-370.
Italian	fico		2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portuguese	figueira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	figo		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	figueira-comum		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	figueira-da-europa		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	figueira-do-reino		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	higo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	higuera común		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	fikon		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedish	getfikon		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	muhwagwanamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:100.

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