Accession details
Passport data and everything else
18474
Accession number
18474
Holding institute
Institute code
ETH013
Acquisition Date
February 1, 1995
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Wild
Type of germplasm storage
Seed collection
Curation type
Partly curated
Availability for distribution
Not available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor institute
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Cenchrus
Specific epithet
ciliaris — Browse this species at ETH013
Scientific name
Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Crop
forages
Crop name
Forages
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting number
2307
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
August 25, 1991
Collecting mission identifier
IPGRI-491
Collecting number
2307
Location of collecting site
Nguru Mountains 16 km W of Turiano Village, at Southern side of Mountains.
Collecting institute code
Latitude of collecting site
-6.1667
Longitude of collecting site
37.8333
Elevation of collecting site
400
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 19.3 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 19.3 | 20.4 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 25.3 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 24.4 | 25.5 | 26.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 32.3 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 30.2 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.8 | 32.2 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 109 | 90 | 168 | 194 | 108 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 62 | 88 | 111 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
24.6
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
11.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
15.8
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
32.4
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
16.3
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
16.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
25.2
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
22.4
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
26.4
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
22.4
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,008
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
194
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
15
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
67
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
470
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
49
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
367
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
49
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 8.2 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
0
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
60
COLLCODE
40
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:c78afb1d-cde6-4b79-a7cc-be59130e7739
Last updated
September 17, 2025
Created
Date not provided