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Details for: PI 374216,
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad., LJ 90896
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Top Name:
LJ 90896
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1972
PI Assigned:
1972
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
180
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
10 count
PI 374216 CR02 SD
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(1
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Top Name:
LJ 90896
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1972
PI Assigned:
1972
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE 1969.
Afghanistan
Comment:
Grown at Brawley, California 1969
Collector(s):
Hildreth, A.C., Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station
Donated
02 March 1972.
Donor(s):
Bohn, G.W., Imperial Valley Conservation Res. Center
Accession Names and Identifiers
LJ 90896
Type: Unverified name
Narrative
Small fruited melon. May be Indian cultivar 'Tinda'
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
10674
Place of publication:
Linnaea 12:414. 1838
Verified:
05/10/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucumis colocynthis
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Colocynthis vulgaris
Schrad.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
bitter-apple
1
Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English
bitter-cucumber
1
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English
colocynth
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
vine-of-Sodom
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
wild gourd
1
Duke, J. A.
1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Arabic
handhal
2
Norton, J. et al.
2009.
Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
French
coloquinte
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Bitter-Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
Koloquinte
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India
tumba
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
colocíntida
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
alhandal
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
coloquíntida
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
kolokvint
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
31 Jul 1995, from
Praecitrullus fistulosus
(Stocks) Pangalo to
Citrullus
spp.
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
24 Jun 1996, from
Citrullus
spp. to
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
10 Jun 1997, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
01 Mar 2000, from
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
lanatus
to
Citrullus colocynthis
(L.) Schrad.
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2X
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PI 374216 01 SD
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