Accession details
Passport data and everything else
TDa-1327
Accession number
TDa-1327
Holding institute
Institute code
NGA039
Acquisition Date
January 31, 1989
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Traditional cultivar/Landrace
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Not available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Accession URL
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Dioscorea
Specific epithet
alata — Browse this species at NGA039
Scientific name
Dioscorea alata L.
Crop
yam
Crop name
Yam
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting number
GHA/89/071
Accession name
PUNA
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting date of sample
January 31, 1989
Collecting source
Farm store
Collecting number
GHA/89/071
Location of collecting site
TILAKURA, GHANA
Latitude of collecting site
9.1333
Longitude of collecting site
-1.55
Elevation of collecting site
149
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 20.2 | 22.7 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 22.6 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 20.1 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 27.6 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 29.7 | 28.6 | 27 | 26 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 27 | 27.8 | 27.3 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 35.1 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 35.3 | 33.6 | 31.4 | 30 | 29.6 | 30.1 | 32.3 | 34.4 | 34.5 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 1 | 8 | 42 | 97 | 126 | 151 | 143 | 161 | 210 | 113 | 9 | 4 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
27.7
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
11.1
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.7
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
15.4
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
36.8
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
20.1
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
16.7
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
25.8
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
28.2
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
29.9
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
25.8
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,065
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
210
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
1
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
79
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
514
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
13
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
147
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
514
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.55 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
0
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
50
ACCENAME
50
COLLNUMB
40
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:87999e23-a5e3-442b-890e-4d72223a6325
Last updated
December 23, 2025
Created
July 6, 2015