Accession details
Passport data and everything else
TMe-473
Accession number
TMe-473
Holding institute
Institute code
NGA039
Acquisition Date
October 18, 1971
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Type of germplasm storage
Field collection
In vitro collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Accession URL
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Manihot
Specific epithet
esculenta — Browse this species at NGA039
Scientific name
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Crop
cassava
Crop name
cassava
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Accession name
TMe-473
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting source
Other
Location of collecting site
BASSILA CENTRE,BENIN
Latitude of collecting site
9.00814
Longitude of collecting site
1.6654
Elevation of collecting site
388
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 18.6 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 22 | 21.5 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 18.5 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 27 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28 | 26.9 | 25.5 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 25.7 | 26.8 | 26.4 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 35.4 | 36.1 | 35.5 | 34.1 | 32.3 | 30.7 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 29.3 | 31.7 | 34.6 | 34.4 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 6 | 9 | 50 | 82 | 134 | 146 | 218 | 220 | 204 | 96 | 7 | 6 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
26.3
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
12.3
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
14.9
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
36.1
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
18.5
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
17.6
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
24.3
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
26.7
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
28.3
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
24.3
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,178
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
220
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
6
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
82
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
642
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
19
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
141
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
642
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7 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
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
0
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
40
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
15
LATITUDE
40
LONGITUDE
40
ELEVATION
15
COLLDATE
0
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:8083baf9-c134-4b6b-b879-5d782a764cd8
Last updated
December 23, 2025
Created
Date not provided