Passport Data
Country of origin: 
PDCIm Score: 6.32
Available for distribution: 
Accession number: ITC1059
Accession name: Fai Palagi
DOI: 10.18730/9M3F4
Biological status of accession: traditional cultivar or landrace
Taxonomic classification:
Institute code: BEL084 (ITC)
Acquisition date: 1990-08-03
Status: active
Type of storage:
Morphological Characterization
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Morphological Characterization Data
6.2 - Pseudostem / Suckers
6.2.5 - Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem
Cream
6.2.6 - Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem
Red
6.2.7 - Sap colour
Watery
6.2.8 - Wax on leaf sheaths
Moderately waxy
6.2.9 - Number of suckers
2
6.2.10 - Development of suckers
Between 1/4 and 3/4 of the height of the parent plant
6.2.11 - Position of suckers
Close to parent (vertical growth)
6.3 - Petiole / Midrib / Leaf
6.3.1 - Blotches at the petiole base
Small blotches
6.3.2 - Blotches colour
Brown-black
6.3.3 - Petiole canal leaf III
Straight with erect margins
6.3.4 - Petiole margins
Winged and not clasping the pseudostem
6.3.5 - Wing type
Not dry
6.3.6 - Petiole margin colour
Pink-purple to red
6.3.7 - Edge of petiole margin
With a colour line along
6.3.8 - Petiole margin width [cm]
>1
6.3.9 - Leaf blade length [cm]
<170
6.3.10 - Leaf blade width [cm]
71 to 80
6.3.11 - Petiole length [cm]
<50
6.3.12 - Colour of leaf upper surface
Green
6.3.13 - Appearance of leaf upper surface
Dull
6.3.14 - Colour of leaf lower surface
Medium green
6.3.15 - Appearance of leaf lower surface
Dull
6.3.16 - Wax on leaves
Few wax
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
Even, smooth
6.3.20 - Colour of midrib dorsal surface
Green
6.3.22 - Colour of cigar leaf dorsal surface
Green
6.4 - Inflorescence / male bud
6.4.1 - Peduncle length [cm]
<30
6.4.2 - Empty nodes on peduncle
one
6.4.3 - Peduncle width [cm]
43806
6.4.4 - Peduncle colour
With purple-brown to blue blotches
6.4.5 - Peduncle hairiness
Very hairy, short hairs (similar to velvet touch)
6.4.6 - Bunch position
Hanging vertically
6.4.7 - Bunch shape
Cylindrical with the bunch length > to twice its diameter
6.4.8 - Bunch appearance
Lax
6.4.9 - Flowers that form the fruit
Female
6.4.10 - Fruits
Biseriate
6.4.11 - Rachis type
Truncated, no bract scar below the last hand of fruit
6.4.12 - Rachis position
With a curve
6.4.13 - Rachis appearance
Neutral / male flowers and presence of withered bracts
6.4.14 - Male bud type
Normal
6.4.15 - Male bud shape
Ovoid
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-purple
6.5.5 - Colour of the bract internal face
Pink-purple
6.5.6 - Colour on the bract apex
Not tinted with yellow
6.5.7 - Colour stripes on bract
Without discoloured lines (not ridges) on the external face
6.5.8 - Bract scars rachis
Very prominent
6.5.9 - Fading of colour on bract base
Colour homogenous (pigmentation is uniform)
6.5.10 - Male bract shape
x/y > 0,30 (ovate)
6.5.11 - Male bract lifting
Lifting two or more at a time
6.5.12 - Bract behaviour before falling
Revolute
6.5.13 - Wax on the bract
Very little or no visible sign of wax
6.5.14 - Presence of grooves on the bract
Moderately grooving (parallel ridges are distinguisable)
6.6 - Male flower
6.6.1 - Male flower behaviour
Neutral / male flowers persistant
6.6.2 - Compound tepal basic colour
Cream
6.6.3 - Compound tepal pigmentation
Rust-coloured spots
6.6.4 - Lobe colour of compound tepal
Yellow
6.6.5 - Lobe development of compound tepal
Developed
6.6.6 - Free tepal colour
Translucent white
6.6.7 - Free tepal shape
Oval
6.6.8 - Free tepal appearance
Several folding under apex (corrugated)
6.6.9 - Free tepal apex development
Developed
6.6.10 - Free tepal apex shape
Triangular
6.6.11 - Anther exsertion
Same level
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
Purple
6.6.18 - Style exsertion
Same level
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 pigementation
6.6.24 - Dominant colour of male flower
Cream
6.6.25 - Irregular flowers
1.absent
6.7 - Fruit
6.7.1 - Fruit position
Curved upward (obliquely, at a 45° angle upward)
6.7.2 - Number of fruits
≥ 17
6.7.3 - Fruit length [cm]
16-20
6.7.4 - Fruit shape
Curved (sharp curve)
6.7.5 - Transverse section of fruit
Pronounced ridges
6.7.6 - Fruit apex
Blunt-tipped
6.7.8 - Fruit pedicel length [mm]
11 to 20
6.7.9 - Fruit pedicel width [mm]
< 5
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
green
6.7.14 - Fruit peel thickness [mm]
1.≤2
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
6.7.20 - Fruits fall from hands
Persistent
Phenotyping
Not available Breeding
Collecting/acquisition source
| Type | Name | Donor Code | Donor Institute Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Unknown | University of the South Pacific |
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Collecting Location
Not available
Molecular Characterisation
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