Details for: PI 532719, Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner, Mbika, Nsudia


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
Mbika, Nsudia
Origin:
Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed10 countPI 532719 02 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Top Name:
Mbika, Nsudia
Origin:
Collected – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1988
PI Assigned:
1989
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
30 August 1987.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Locality: Village market, Marche de Kolo, 1 km W of Mvuazi (Kolo), Boico District, Bas Zaire Province.
Coordinates: -5.4500, 14.8667 (Map it)
Elevation: 400m.

Collector(s):
Donated
September 1988.
Burundi
Comment: Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Mbika, Nsudia
Type: Local name

IZ 1000616
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

NNN 45
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
Bandibu tribe, Kikongo language. Planted March, harvested July. Courge type. Susceptible to attack by the squash vine borer (Melittia satyriniformis). Plants should be treated as required during the growing season.
Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Genus:
Melothria
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

463029
Place of publication:

Taxon 60:134. 2011
Verified:
04/28/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Posadaea sphaerocarpa Cogn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cladosicyos edulis Hook. f.
Cucumeropsis edulis (Hook. f.) Cogn.
Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdark egusi as Cucumeropsis mannii1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Englishegusi-itoo as Cucumeropsis mannii1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Englishwhite-seed-melon as Cucumeropsis mannii1Whitake, T. W. 1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321. Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchégousi as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchegousi-itoo as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Frenchgousi as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Portugueselipupu as Cucumeropsis mannii2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: as Cucumeropsis mannii
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 28 Apr 2011, from Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin to Melothria sphaerocarpa (Cogn.) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Jul 1995, from Cucurbita spp. to Cucumeropsis mannii Naudin
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed S9.CUCURBITS.IMAGE.SEEDPI 532719 or SDNot Available