Accession details
Passport data and everything else
12668
Accession number
12668
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
August 15, 1984
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor institute
Cowpea 12668_DZF.jpg
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Vigna
Specific epithet
unguiculata — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Crop
cowpea
Crop name
Cowpea
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Other identifier
N 82193
Other identifier
TVX 3871-02F
Other identifier
Tvu 13054
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
January 2, 1982
Location of collecting site
Marhai, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Latitude of collecting site
9.081999
Longitude of collecting site
8.675277
Elevation of collecting site
470
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 17 | 19 | 21.6 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 16.7 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 24.8 | 26.6 | 28.4 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 25.9 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 24.8 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 32.7 | 34.3 | 35.3 | 35 | 32.8 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 28 | 29.4 | 31.2 | 32.9 | 32.9 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | 7 | 28 | 79 | 154 | 188 | 283 | 334 | 299 | 123 | 12 | 1 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
11.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
15.4
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
35.3
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
16.7
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
18.6
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.6
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.4
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
28.4
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.6
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,508
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
334
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
95
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
916
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
8
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
261
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
916
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.35 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
40
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
35
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
15
LATITUDE
40
LONGITUDE
40
ELEVATION
15
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:7f099fb6-7d0a-424b-aeee-ab76bfafdd44
Last updated
August 10, 2026
Created
Date not provided