Details for: PI 134192, Cucumis melo L., Kharbuza


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Maharashtra, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
21 Sep 1939
PI Assigned:
1939
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo L.
Top Name:
Kharbuza
Origin:
Collected – Maharashtra, India
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
21 Sep 1939
PI Assigned:
1939
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
25 July 1939.
Maharashtra, India
Locality: From Bombay, India

Collector(s):
Donated
21 September 1939.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kharbuza
Type: Local name

4410
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Fruit pumpkin-shaped, 12 by 6 inches, smooth and unribbed; rind golden brown, blotched paler; flesh firm, 1 1/8 inches thick, orange at center, paler toward the rind, very fragrant but rather flat. An excellent keeper.
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.
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Citations
  • Dhillon, N. P. S., R. Ranjana, K. Singh, I Eduardo, A. Monforte, M. Pitrat, N. K. Dhillon, & P. P. Singh. 2007. Diversity among landraces of Indian snapmelon (Cucumis melo var. momordica. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 54:1267-1283. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-006-9108-2. Number of accessions cited: 13
  • Dhillon, N., A. Monforte, M. Pitrat, S. Pandey, P. Singh, K. Reitsma, J. Garcia-Mas, A. Sharma & J. McCreight. 2011. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance. Pl. Breed. Rev. 35:85-150 DOI: 10.1002/9781118100509.ch3. . Number of accessions cited: 44
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