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Taxon:
Citrullus mucosospermus
(Fursa) Fursa
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
468433
Place of publication:
Trudy Prikl. Bot. 81:111. 1983
Verified:
08/25/2015
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Citrullus lanatus
(Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp.
mucosospermus
Fursa
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Reference(s)
Chomicki, G. & S. S. Renner.
2015. Watermelon origin solved with molecular phylogenetics including Linnaean material: another example of museonomics. New Phytol. 205:526-532.
Fursa, T. B.
1981. Intraspecific classification of water-melon under cultivation. Kulturpflanze 29:297-300.
Note:
as
Citrullus lanatus
subsp.
mucosospermus
Gusmini, G. et al.
2004. Inheritance of egusi seed type in watermelon. J. Heredity 95:268-270.
Note:
it discussed crosses between "adapted parents" (derived from USDA watermelon egusi-type seed accessions PI 490383 and PI 560006) and plants of these two accessions
Paris, H. S.
2015. Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon,
Citrullus lanatus
. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 116:133-148.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Renner, S. S. et al.
2017. Chromosome numbers, Sudanese wild forms, and classification of the watermelon genus
Citrullus
, with 50 names allocated to seven biological species. Taxon 66:1393-1405.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Common names
English
egusi melon –
Reference(s)
egusi watermelon –
Reference(s)
West African watermelon –
Reference(s)
French
melon à pistache –
Reference(s)
pastèque égousi –
Reference(s)
Nigeria (Yoruba)
egusi –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
2
Cultivated
probably cult. elsewhere in West Africa
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Native
Africa
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Ghana
Cultivated
REGION:
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
oil/fat
as
C. lanatus
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
Human food
seeds
as
C. lanatus
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Note:
mentions egusi melon under
Citrullus lanatus
Name
References