Passport Data
PDCIm Score: 6.32
Available for distribution: 
Accession number: ITC0734
Accession name: West India Banana
DOI: 10.18730/9KFQ1
Biological status of accession: traditional cultivar or landrace
Taxonomic classification:
Institute code: BEL084 (ITC)
Acquisition date: 1989-12-13
Status: active
Type of storage:
Morphological Characterization
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Morphological Characterization Data
6.2 - Pseudostem / Suckers
6.2.6 - Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem
Pink-purple
6.3 - Petiole / Midrib / Leaf
6.3.1 - Blotches at the petiole base
Sparse blotching
6.3.3 - Petiole canal leaf III
Wide with erect margins
6.3.4 - Petiole margins
Not winged and not clasping the pseudostem
6.3.6 - Petiole margin colour
Green
6.3.7 - Edge of petiole margin
With a colour line along
6.4 - Inflorescence / male bud
6.4.6 - Bunch position
Hanging at a 45° angle
6.4.7 - Bunch shape
Cylindrical with the bunch length > to twice its diameter
6.4.12 - Rachis position
Falling vertically
6.4.13 - Rachis appearance
Bare
6.5 - Bract
6.5.1 - Bract base shape
Large shoulders
6.5.2 - Bract apex shape
Obtuse
6.5.3 - Bract imbrication
Young bracts slightly overlap
6.5.5 - Colour of the bract internal face
Red
6.5.12 - Bract behaviour before falling
Revolute
6.6 - Male flower
6.6.2 - Compound tepal basic colour
Cream
6.6.4 - Lobe colour of compound tepal
Yellow
6.6.13 - Anther colour
Cream
6.6.24 - Dominant colour of male flower
Cream
6.7 - Fruit
6.7.2 - Number of fruits
13-16
6.7.3 - Fruit length [cm]
≤ 15
6.7.4 - Fruit shape
Curved (sharp curve)
6.7.6 - Fruit apex
Bottle-necked
6.7.7 - Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex
Without any floral relicts
6.7.8 - Fruit pedicel length [mm]
≥ 21
6.7.11 - Fusion of pedicels
Very partially or no visible sign of fusion
Phenotyping
Not available Breeding
Collecting/acquisition source
| Type | Name | Donor Code | Donor Institute Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Collection | CIRAD | CIRAD II.04.31.009.015; (LCIV WIB) |
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Collecting Location
Not available
Molecular Characterisation
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