Details for: PI 282443, Cucumis asper Cogn.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis asper Cogn.
Origin:
Collected – Namibia
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis asper Cogn.
Origin:
Collected – Namibia
Received by NPGS:
01 Aug 1962
PI Assigned:
1962
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 01 August 1962.
Namibia
Locality: South West Africa

Donated
01 August 1962.
Transvaal, South Africa

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Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Dioecious perennial; stems numerous from woody rootstock, prostrate to climbing, to 75 cm long; tendrils slender, long; flowers rarely monoecious, pale yellow; fruit ellipsoid, densely covered with retrorse aculeae on a thick, hard base, grayish green with longitudinal dark green bands when ripe, to 3 cm long, slightly bitter when young, non bitter and tasty when ripe.
Cucumis asper Cogn.
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumella
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

12548
Place of publication:

É. A. J. De Wildeman & T. A. Durand, Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 1:882. 1901
Verified:
06/26/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cucumella asper (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey

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Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 04 Sep 2001, from Cucumis asper Cogn. to Cucumella asper (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 26 Jun 2007, from Cucumella asper (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey to Cucumis asper Cogn.
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