Taxon:
Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H. Schaef. & S. S. Renner
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 60:133. 2011
Verified:
04/28/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Levi, A. et al. 2005. Analysis based on RAPD and ISSR markers reveals closer similarities among Citrullus and Cucumis species than with Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 52:465-472. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 Note: this study observed that genetic similarities between "Praecitrullus fistulosus" (= Benincasa fistulosa) and Citrullus or Cucumis were less than 3%, with "a complete genetic barrier" between species of Citrullus and Benincasa fistulosa; this study also suggested that based on those differences the relation of "Praecitrullus" to other cucurbits required further evaluation
- Levi, A. et al. 2010. DNA markers and pollen morphology reveal that Praecitrullus fistulosus is more closely related to Benincasa hispida than to Citrullus spp. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:1191-1205. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
- Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:122-138. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Common names
English
round gourd – round-melon – squash-melon – French
tinda – India
dilpasand – India (Hindi)
tinda – Swedish
tindamelon –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (n.), Pakistan
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | seeds | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# |
Human food | vegetable | immature fruits are used as vegetable, as Praecitrullus fistulosus | Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 331. |