Details for: PI 53900, Cucumis melo L.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Origin:
Collected – West Bengal, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 Jul 1921
PI Assigned:
1921
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Origin:
Collected – West Bengal, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 Jul 1921
PI Assigned:
1921
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Received as Cucumis melo var. utilissima. A form cultivated in Bengal, the Northwest Provinces, and the Punjab during the hot weather and the rains. The fruit varies from short oval or cylindric to elongate, 2-5 feet long, and is either straight or curved like some varieties of cucumber. It varies in color from dark green to nearly white, usually changing to a bright-orange color when ripe. When young it is much eaten by Europeans in the Northwest Provences in lieu of cucumbers, being in season long before that vegetable but not so highly flavored. When little more than half grown they are pickled; when ripe they have much the flavor of the melon, and will keep for several months if carefully gathered and hung up. They are also eaten raw and are much used in curries. A sweet edible oil is obtained from the nutritious seeds, wich are also used medicinally. (Watt, Dictonary of the Economic Products of India; Vol. 2, p. 631.)
Cucumis melo L.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

404410
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Verified:
02/06/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo (171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. agrestis Naudin (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. chate (Hasselq.) Sageret (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. chito (C. Morren) Naudin (1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino (3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. dudaim (L.) Naudin (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. momordica (Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller (0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo var. texanus Naudin (45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo (3056 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. cantalupo Ser. (21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naudin (47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. subsp. melo var. inodorus H. Jacq. (3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo L. var. melo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishHami melon  1Aierken, Y. et al. 2011. Molecular analysis of the genetic diversity of Chines Hami melon and its relationship to the melon germplasm from Central and South Asia. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 80:52-65.
Englishmelon  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
GermanMelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 19 Mar 2004, from Cucumis melo L. var. utilissimus (Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller to Cucumis melo L.
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