Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN24616

Accession name:

Local

Crop (and subcrop type):

melon (Melon)

Population type:

Land variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Cucumis

Species:

melo

Sub-taxon:

var. flexuosus

Origin information

Collecting number:

nr1

Country of origin:

Egypt

Collection site:

Latitude / Longitude:

26,7 / 29,7, uncertainty 708765 meter

Altitude (m):

Collecting date:

19810209

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 81101

Other numbers:

Origin address:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Origin type:

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/10KXZ
https://doi.org/10.18730/10KXZ

Additional passport information:

collected by van der Meer IVT

Type of variety or selection (groups within subcrops):

snake melon

Observations

Flowering characteristics

sex expression

monoecious

Fruit characteristics

fruit shape

elongated

fruit weight

low

high

fruit ribbing

superficial

main colour of flesh

green

flesh thickness

thin

thick

fruit surface roughness

grainy/wrinkled

fruit skin colour at maturity

green

secondary fruit skin colour

white/l.yellow/cream

secondary skin colour pattern

spotted/blotchy

soluble solids

low

high

Seed characteristics

Predominant seed coat colour

yellow-white

Pictures

The following pictures are available for this accession.

48 flower (Wageningen 2006).JPG

48 ripe fruit (Wageningen 2006).JPG

48 ripe fruit 1 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit 2 (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit1 (Wageningen 2006).JPG

48 unripe fruit2 (Wageningen 2006).JPG

48 unripe fruit (2008).JPG