Accession details
Passport data and everything else
16021
Accession number
16021
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
March 10, 1988
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Wild
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Curation type
Partly curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor institute
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Citrullus
Specific epithet
colocynthis — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Crop
forages
Crop name
Forages
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting information
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 14.4 | 16.5 | 19.9 | 23.5 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23 | 19.3 | 15.4 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.5 | 25.2 | 28.3 | 31.7 | 33.8 | 33.7 | 31.2 | 29.5 | 30.6 | 30.7 | 27.3 | 23.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 30.6 | 33.9 | 36.7 | 39.9 | 41.5 | 40.8 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 37.3 | 38.5 | 35.4 | 31.4 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 76 | 28 | 3 | — | — |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
29
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
15.2
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
35.9
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
41.5
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
14.4
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
27.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
30.4
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
25.3
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
33
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
23.7
Annual precipitation [mm]
180
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
76
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
148
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
155
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
22
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.9 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
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
20
LATITUDE
60
LONGITUDE
60
ELEVATION
20
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
40
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:ed2b41a7-efdd-433b-b612-ed71ab9d8235
Last updated
December 16, 2025
Created
Date not provided