Details for: TARS 18203, Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq., Sotomayor

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq.

Top Name:

Sotomayor

Origin:

Collected – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Apr 2012

Improvement Status:

Clone

Form Received:

Scion

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Tropical Agriculture Research Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq.

Top Name:

Sotomayor

Origin:

Collected – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Apr 2012

Improvement Status:

Clone

Form Received:

Scion

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

February 2010.
Puerto Rico, United States
Locality: Collected from original tree in 'Descalabrado' neighborhood of Santa Isabel
Coordinates: 18.0055, -66.4328 (Map it)
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat

Collector(s):

Sotomayor-Rios, Antonio, USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Sotomayor

Type: Local name

Named after old tree in front of the Sotomayor household.

TARS 18203

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Very productive tree, large fruit, large seed, thick peel, sweet and early.

Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq.

Genus:

Melicoccus

Family:

Sapindaceae

Subfamily:

Sapindoideae

Nomen number:

70440

Place of publication:

Enum. syst. pl. 19. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 108, t. 72. 1763)

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622936

Verified:

11/06/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melicoccus bijuga L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	genip	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	honeyberry	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	Spanish-lime	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	kenépier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	quenette	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Honigbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Quenepa	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	mamoncillo	2	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Swedish	honungsbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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