Identifiers

Accession number:

CGN24635

Accession name:

Citrangolo

Crop (and subcrop type):

melon (Melon)

Population type:

Breeders variety

SMTA status

SMTA needed:

Yes

Classification

Genus:

Cucumis

Species:

melo

Sub-taxon:

Origin information

Collecting number:

IPGRI 13

Country of origin:

Italy

Collection site:

Sicily, Catania

Latitude / Longitude:

37.5 / 13.9, uncertainty 191472 meter

Altitude (m):

Collecting date:

1981----

Donor institute:

Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen, Wageningen, Netherlands

Donor number:

IVT 13

Other numbers:

Origin address:

Ortoflora, Sementi da Orto E Giardino, Catania, Italy

Origin type:

Institute, university, genebank, breeding company

Other information

DOI:

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

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

deep

main colour of flesh

white/cream

flesh thickness

thin

thick

fruit surface roughness

grainy/wrinkled

fruit skin colour at maturity

white/light yellow

secondary fruit skin colour

green

secondary skin colour pattern

absent

soluble solids

low

high

Seed characteristics

Predominant seed coat colour

cream-yellow

Pictures

The following pictures are available for this accession.

48 ripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 roots (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit1 (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit2 (2008).JPG

48 ripe fruit (2008).JPG

48 unripe fruit (2008).JPG