Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN24633

Accession name:

Shamam

Crop (and subcrop type):

melon (Melon)

Population type:

Land variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Cucumis

Species:

melo

Sub-taxon:

Origin information

Collecting number:

A/C 472

Country of origin:

Yemen

Collection site:

Sanaa, Maharazu Bani Hushaysh

Latitude / Longitude:

15 / 44, uncertainty 100000 meter

Altitude (m):

2200

Collecting date:

19800616

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 3

Other numbers:

Origin address:

Collection mission in Yemen 1980 by Ayad and Croston for IBPGR, Rome, Italy

Origin type:

Local market

Other information

DOI:

10.18730/10T9D
https://doi.org/10.18730/10T9D

Additional passport information:

undulating land, level field, irrigated field, harvest in mid June

Name in English:

Shamam means sweet melon in Iran

Observations

Flowering characteristics

sex expression

andromonoecious

Fruit characteristics

fruit shape

ovate/elliptic

fruit weight

low

high

main colour of flesh

pale orange

flesh thickness

thin

thick

fruit surface roughness

grainy/wrinkled

fruit skin colour at maturity

orange

secondary fruit skin colour

orange

secondary skin colour pattern

absent

soluble solids

low

high

Seed characteristics

Predominant seed coat colour

yellow

Pictures

The following pictures are available for this accession.

48 ripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit (2008).JPG

48 roots (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit (2008).JPG