6.1 - Plant general appearance
6.1.1 - Leaf habit
Erect
6.1.2 - Dwarfism
Normal : leaves not overlapped and leaf ratio superior to 2.5
6.2 - Pseudostem / Suckers
6.2.1 - Pseudostem height [m]
>=3
6.2.2 - Pseudostem aspect
Robust
6.2.3 - Pseudostem colour
Dark green
6.2.4 - Pseudostem appearance
Shiny (not waxy)
6.2.5 - Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem
Watery green
6.2.6 - Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem
Inapplicable
6.2.7 - Sap colour
Watery
6.2.8 - Wax on leaf sheaths
Moderately waxy
6.2.9 - Number of suckers
3 to 5
6.2.11 - Position of suckers
Close to parent (growing at an angle)
6.3 - Petiole / Midrib / Leaf
6.3.1 - Blotches at the petiole base
Small blotches
6.3.2 - Blotches colour
Dark brown
6.3.3 - Petiole canal leaf III
Margins curved inward
6.3.4 - Petiole margins
Not winged and clasping the pseudostem
6.3.5 - Wing type
Not dry
6.3.6 - Petiole margin colour
Green
6.3.7 - Edge of petiole margin
Colourless
6.3.8 - Petiole margin width [cm]
>1 cm
6.3.9 - Leaf blade length [cm]
>=261 cm
6.3.10 - Leaf blade width [cm]
81 to 90 cm
6.3.11 - Petiole length [cm]
>=71 cm
6.3.12 - Colour of leaf upper surface
Dark green
6.3.13 - Appearance of leaf upper surface
Shiny
6.3.14 - Colour of leaf lower surface
Green
6.3.15 - Appearance of leaf lower surface
Dull
6.3.16 - Wax on leaves
Very waxy
6.3.17 - Insertion point of leaf blades on petiole
Symmetric
6.3.18 - Shape of leaf blade base
Both sides pointed
6.3.19 - Leaf corrugation
Very corrugated
6.3.20 - Colour of midrib dorsal surface
Light green
6.3.21 - Colour of midrib ventral surface
Green
6.3.22 - Colour of cigar leaf dorsal surface
Green
6.3.23 - Blotches on leaves of water suckers
Without blotches
6.4 - Inflorescence / male bud
6.4.1 - Peduncle length [cm]
31- 60 cm
6.4.2 - Empty nodes on peduncle
One
6.4.3 - Peduncle width [cm]
>=13 cm
6.4.4 - Peduncle colour
Green
6.4.5 - Peduncle hairiness
Hairless
6.4.6 - Bunch position
Slightly angled
6.4.7 - Bunch shape
Truncated cone shape
6.4.8 - Bunch appearance
Compact (one can place one's finger, but NOT one's hand, between the hands of fruit)
6.4.9 - Flowers that form the fruit
Hermaphrodite (presence of pollen sacs and pollens)
6.4.10 - Fruits
Biseriate
6.4.11 - Rachis type
Present and male bud may be degenerated or persistent
6.4.12 - Rachis position
Falling vertically
6.4.13 - Rachis appearance
Bare
6.4.14 - Male bud type
Normal (present)
6.4.15 - Male bud shape
Lanceolate
6.4.16 - Male bud size [cm]
>=31 cm
6.5 - Bract
6.5.1 - Bract base shape
Small shoulder
6.5.2 - Bract apex shape
Obtuse and split
6.5.3 - Bract imbrication
Young bracts slightly overlap
6.5.4 - Colour of the bract external face
Red
6.5.5 - Colour of the bract internal face
Orange red
6.5.6 - Colour on the bract apex
Tinted with yellow (discoloured)
6.5.7 - Colour stripes on bract
Without discoloured lines on the external face
6.5.8 - Bract scars rachis
Not prominent
6.5.9 - Fading of colour on bract base
Colour homogenous (pigmentation is uniform and continues until the base)
6.5.10 - Male bract shape
x/y > 0.30 (ovate)
6.5.11 - Male bract lifting
Lifting one at a time
6.5.12 - Bract behaviour before falling
Revolute (rolling)
6.5.13 - Wax on the bract
Very waxy
6.5.14 - Presence of grooves on the bract
Moderate grooving (parallel ridges are distinguishable)
6.6 - Male flower
6.6.1 - Male flower behaviour
Falling before the bract
6.6.2 - Compound tepal basic colour
Yellow
6.6.3 - Compound tepal pigmentation
Presence of pink
6.6.4 - Lobe colour of compound tepal
Orange
6.6.5 - Lobe development of compound tepal
Very developed
6.6.6 - Free tepal colour
Translucent white
6.6.7 - Free tepal shape
Oval
6.6.8 - Free tepal appearance
Simple folding under apex
6.6.9 - Free tepal apex development
Developed
6.6.10 - Free tepal apex shape
Triangular
6.6.11 - Anther exsertion
Inserted
6.6.12 - Filament colour
Cream
6.6.13 - Anther colour
Yellow
6.6.14 - Pollen sac colour
Brown/rusty brown
6.6.15 - Pollen vitality [%]
Absent
6.6.16 - Style basic colour
White
6.6.17 - Pigmentation on style
Without pigmentation
6.6.18 - Style exsertion
Same level
6.6.19 - Style shape
Curved at the base
6.6.20 - Stigma colour
Yellow
6.6.21 - Ovary shape
Straight
6.6.22 - Ovary basic colour
Cream
6.6.23 - Ovary pigmentation
Very few or no visible sign of pigmentation
6.6.24 - Dominant colour of male flower
Yellow
6.6.25 - Irregular flowers
Rare
6.6.26 - Arrangement of ovules
Four-rowed (more or less)
6.7 - Fruit
6.7.1 - Fruit position
Perpendicular to the stalk
6.7.2 - Number of fruits
>=17
6.7.3 - Fruit length [cm]
16-20 cm
6.7.4 - Fruit shape
Curved (sharp curve)
6.7.5 - Transverse section of fruit
Pronounced ridges
6.7.6 - Fruit apex
Blunt-tipped
6.7.7 - Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex
Without any floral relicts
6.7.8 - Fruit pedicel length [mm]
<=10 mm
6.7.9 - Fruit pedicel width [mm]
5 to 10 mm
6.7.10 - Pedicel surface
Hairless
6.7.11 - Fusion of pedicels
Very partially or no visible sign of fusion
6.7.12 - Immature fruit peel colour
Light green
6.7.15 - Adherence of the fruit peel
Fruit peels easily
6.7.16 - Cracks in fruit peel
Without cracks
6.7.17 - Pulp in fruit
With pulp
6.7.18 - Pulpe colour before maturity
White
6.7.19 - Pulp colour at maturity
Cream
6.7.20 - Fruits fall from hands
Persistent
6.7.21 - Flesh texture
Firm
6.7.22 - Predominant taste
Sweet (like Cavendish)
6.7.23 - Presence of seed with source of pollen
Inapplicable
6.7.24 - Seed surface
Inapplicable
6.7.25 - Seed shape
Inapplicable
