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ACCESSIONPLANT NAMETAXONOMYORIGINGENEBANKIMAGEAVAILABILITYRECEIVEDSOURCE TYPESOURCE DATECOLLECTION SITECOORDINATESELEVATIONHABITATIMPROVEMENT LEVELNARRATIVE
0PI 438570W-C 2445Cucumis anguria L. Baja Verapaz, GuatemalaNC71979COLLECTED02/26/1979Salama', Baja Verapaz Dept15.13333333, -90.26666667Wild materialFruit slightly spiny, 4cm long. Wild.1333506PI 438570
1PI 438678W-C 2360Cucumis anguria L. Oaxaca, MexicoNC71979COLLECTED02/13/1979Coastal lowland, Km 40 between Cazadero and Santo Domingo, O axacaWild materialFruit pale greenish yellow, with few blunt spines, 3cm diam., 5cm long. Wild.1333614PI 438678
2PI 438679W-C 2377Cucumis anguria L. Chiapas, MexicoNC71979COLLECTED02/14/1979Rancho Panama, Villa Flores, Chiapas15.23333333, -93.25000000Wild materialFruit oblong with short spines, 4cm diam., 6cm long. Wild.1333615PI 438679
3PI 442176K7922-186Cucumis anguria L. Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, MexicoNC7Not Available1979COLLECTED10/31/1979Cornfield, Cerro Alto, Mun. Cuitlauhuac, Veracruz, Carretera 150Wild materialVine, small. Stems slender. Fruit light green, covered with tuberculate spines, 4cm long, 2.5cm diam. Placenta solid. Peduncle long, 6cm. Wild.1337112PI 442176
4PI 441993IVT 0163Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach NetherlandsNC71978COLLECTEDPRE 09/1978NaaldivijkWild materialWild.1336929PI 441993
5PI 390449W-C 1000Cucumis anguria L. Manabí, EcuadorNC71974COLLECTEDPRE 09/1974Two km south of San Antonio, along road to Manta.Dry region.Uncertain improvement statusProstrate, herbaceous vine. Fruit ovoid, 4.5 cm by 3 cm, sparingly spiny. Greenish yellow, pedicel 8 cm long.1293310PI 390449
6PI 390450Bolsa de toroCucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Manabí, EcuadorNC7FRUIT1974COLLECTEDPRE 09/1974Two km south of San Antonio, along road to Manta.Dry region.Uncertain improvement statusProstrate vine. Fruit oblong, 6-7 cm by 4 cm, densely soft spined, yellow.1293311PI 390450
7PI 3860293Cucumis anguria L. IranNC7Not Available1974COLLECTEDPRE 01/1974Wild materialWest Indian Gherkin1289672PI 386029
8PI 3860315Cucumis anguria L. IranNC7Not Available1974COLLECTEDPRE 01/1974Wild materialWest Indian Gherkin.1289674PI 386031
9PI 3860348Cucumis anguria L. IranNC71974COLLECTEDPRE 01/1974Wild materialWest Indian Gherkin.1289677PI 386034
10PI 374151LJ 90901Cucumis africanus L. f. South AfricaNC71972COLLECTED1956Wild materialFourth generation seed from sample received from S. Rehm, South Africa, 1956.1280235PI 374151
11PI 299569244Cucumis africanus L. f. Transvaal, South AfricaNC71964COLLECTED04/19645 miles north of Pretoria, Hwy. N1.-25.75000000, 28.166666671478Rocky, gravely soil, open grassland roadside.Wild materialLocal name: wild cucumber, bitter cucumber. Fruits bicolored when immature, light yellow when ripe, 1.5 by 2 inches; spines short, dull. Recieved as C. zeyheri, re-id to C. africanus per QS29.1226236PI 299569
12PI 299570416Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1964COLLECTED04/19648 miles north of Muden, Natal.-28.96666667, 30.38333333853Hard dry clay wasteland, Mooi River Valley; annual rainfall 20 inches.Wild materialProstrate vine; fruits spiny, variable green when immature, yellow when ripe. Received as C. zeyheri, re-id to C. africanus per QS29. See also Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative 3:55-59(1980).1226237PI 299570
13PI 299571563Cucumis africanus L. f. Cape Province, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1964COLLECTED04/1964Roadside 5 miles east of Barkley (Barkly) West, Orange Free State (really Cape Province), Hwy. S5.-28.53333333, 24.516666671219Level terrain, disturbed roadside; annual rainfall 15 inches.Wild materialFruits variable green when immature, yellow when ripe, 1.5 by 2.5 inches. Received as C. zeyheri, re-id to C. africanus per QS29.1226238PI 299571
14PI 299572605Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. Cape Province, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1964COLLECTED04/196412 miles southeast of Jasenville, Cape Province on Pearston road.488Level, ungrazed rangeland; annual rainfall 8 inches.Wild materialVine; fruits bicolored when immature, yellow when ripe, 1.5 by 2 inches; spines short. Received as C. zeyheri, re-id to C. africanus per QS29. See also Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative 3:55-59 (1980).1226239PI 299572
15PI 292190Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin Transvaal, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1963DONATED07/22/1963Cultivated materialWatermelon mosaic virus-1 resistance (Provvidenti and Robinson, 1972) / Papaya ringspot virus resistance (Provvidenti and Gonsalves, 1982).1221798PI 292190
16PI 282447Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. leptodermis (Schweick.) C. Jeffrey & P. Halliday Free State, South AfricaNC71962COLLECTEDPRE 08/01/1962Orange Free State.Wild materialAnnual, monoecious prostrate herb; stems several, branches, to 1 m. long; tendrils long; fruit on peduncle to 2.5 cm. long, globose, longitudinally zoned into light and dark green bands; spined few, short, soft. Received as Cucumis lepteodermis, re-id to C. myriocarpus per QS46 3/72.1209833PI 282447
17PI 282449Gooseberry GourdCucumis myriocarpus Naudin Transvaal, South AfricaNC71962COLLECTEDPRE 08/01/1962Pretoria, Transvaal.-25.75000000, 28.16666667Wild materialMonoecious annual; stems prostrate, branched, to 2 m. long; tendrils slender, short; fruit broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, green with longitudinal dark blackish or purplish brown bands when nearly ripe turning rusty orange; spines numerous, soft, curved. Common weed on cultivated lands.1209835PI 282449
18PI 2802317523Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. Shewa, Ethiopia FLOWERHistoric1962COLLECTEDPRE 03/31/1962About 3 km northeast of main road to Acachi, Shoa (Shewa) Province.8.86666667, 38.78333333Open rocky slopes above the Acachi RiverPlant in wild, perennial; tap root large, parsniplike; stem prostrat, lithe; fruit nearly globose to oblong, to 35mm. diameter, green striped when immature, yellow when ripe.1208661PI 280231
19PI 27403619172Cucumis prophetarum L. Transvaal, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1961COLLECTEDPRE 04/11/1961Pietersburg.-23.90000000, 29.45000000Gravelly ground.Wild material1205792PI 274036
20PI 2736481895Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. EthiopiaNC71961COLLECTEDPRE 04/04/1961Wild materialSmall vine trailing on ground. Received as C. prophetarum; re-id to C. ficifolius per A. Rich QS46 03/1972.1205560PI 273648
21PI 27319219077Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. Cape Province, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1961COLLECTEDPRE 03/20/1961Rocky arroyo along highway, 94 miles southwest of Beaufort.Wild materialPerennial ground vine; fruits prickly, turning light yellow when ripe.1205396PI 273192
22PI 249894'Gatooma 26'Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. ZimbabweNC7Not Available1958COLLECTEDPRE 08/11/1958Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Cultivated materialProstrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabous on both surfaces; ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong, 2 inches long, on stout, curved peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for a few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. This accession large fruited type with long spines. Originally from Southern Rhodesia.1192838PI 249894
23PI 249895'Gatooma 29'Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. ZimbabweNC71958COLLECTEDPRE 08/11/1958Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Cultivated materialProstrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces; ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong. 2 inches long on stout, curved peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for a few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. This accession large fruited type with long spines. Originally from Southern Rhodesia.1192839PI 249895
24PI 249896'Clark 156'Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. ZambiaNC71958COLLECTEDPRE 08/11/1958Northern Rhodesia.Cultivated materialProstrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces; ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong 2 inches long on stout, curved, peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. Small fruyit type. Originally from Northern Rhodesia.1192842PI 249896
25PI 249897'Jensen'Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. NamibiaNC7FRUIT1958COLLECTEDPRE 08/11/1958Origianlly from Southwest Africa (Namibia)Cultivated materialProstrate monoecious annual; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. ficifolius, deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces, ovary echinate with short stiff prickles; fruit oblong 2 inches long on stout, curved peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth, glabrous except for few scattered prickles; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. Originally from South West Africa.1192843PI 249897
26PI 236468Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Shewa, EthiopiaNC71957COLLECTED1950Market, Addis AbabaWild materialReceived as component of PI 193490 (Citrullus vulgaris) with fuzzy fruit tentatively identified as Cucumis sp.; re-id to C. dipsaceus per QS29 CR105, 12/1967. Third component assigned PI 233646 and re-id to C. anguria. Maintain only one PI and as C. sp. mix?1185740PI 236468
27PI 2336468501Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria Shewa, EthiopiaNC71956COLLECTED1950Addis Ababa market.Wild materialReceived as component of PI 193490 (Citrullus vulgaris) with smooth skinned fruit and was assigned C. anguria (PI 233646); re-id from Cucumis sativus per QS 46 03/1972. A third component, PI 236468, was identified as C. dipsaceus. Maintain as C. sp. mix?1184717PI 233646
28PI 203977Cucumis myriocarpus Naudin subsp. myriocarpus South AfricaNC7FRUIT1952COLLECTEDPRE 12/15/1952Wild materialReceived as C. myriocarpus, but seeds thought to be not of that species and thus id changed to C. sp.; C. myriocarpus confirmed per QS46 03/1972.1171271PI 203977
29PI 202681Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin Transvaal, South AfricaNC7FRUIT1952DONATED09/05/1952Wild materialReceived as Cucumis sp., re-id to C. metuliferus per RI11 06/18/1959.1170039PI 202681
30PI 19684410000Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich. Welega, EthiopiaNC7FRUIT1951COLLECTED05/02/1951Lekemti (Nek'emte)9.08333333, 36.55000000Wild material1167659PI 196844
31PI 1964778Cucumis anguria L. var. anguria Mato Grosso, BrazilNC7FRUIT1951DONATED05/22/1951Wild materialA wild cucumber, eaten cooked with ground meat.1167114PI 196477
32PI 1939678666Cucumis prophetarum L. Hārerī Hizb, EthiopiaNC71951COLLECTED10/26/1950Agaruen (Agar Uen) Hills, Ogaden.6.90000000, 45.75000000Wild materialSubspecies disectus, (Naud.) C. Jeffrey QS 46, 3/1972.1164959PI 193967
33PI 1934988668Cucumis dipsaceus Ehrenb. ex Spach Hārerī Hizb, EthiopiaNC71950COLLECTED1950Ogaden region, near Walwal (Welwel)7.05000000, 45.40000000Wild material1164593PI 193498
34PI 147065Cucumis anguria L. var. longaculeatus J. H. Kirkbr. Amazonas, BrazilNC71943COLLECTED09/10/1943Wild materialFruit cucumberlike. Received as C. sp. and reid QS 15, 3/19/1964.1135901PI 147065