6.1 - Plant general appearance
6.1.1 - Leaf habit
Intermediate
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
Normal
6.2.3 - Pseudostem colour
Red-purple
6.2.4 - Pseudostem appearance
Dull (waxy)
6.2.5 - Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem
Pink-purple
6.2.6 - Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem
Red
6.2.7 - Sap colour
Red-purple
6.2.8 - Wax on leaf sheaths
Very few wax
6.2.9 - Number of suckers
6 or more
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
Black-purple
6.3.3 - Petiole canal leaf III
Straight with erect margins
6.3.4 - Petiole margins
Winged and clasping the pseudostem
6.3.5 - Wing type
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 cm
6.3.9 - Leaf blade length [cm]
171 to 220 cm
6.3.10 - Leaf blade width [cm]
71 to 80 cm
6.3.11 - Petiole length [cm]
<=50 cm
6.4 - Inflorescence / male bud
6.4.1 - Peduncle length [cm]
>=61 cm
6.4.2 - Empty nodes on peduncle
Two or more
6.4.3 - Peduncle width [cm]
7-12 cm
6.4.4 - Peduncle colour
With purple-brown to blue blotches
6.4.5 - Peduncle hairiness
Slightly hairy
6.4.6 - Bunch position
Slightly angled
6.4.7 - Bunch shape
Cylindrical with the length >= to twice the width
6.4.8 - Bunch appearance
Lax (one can easily place one's hand BETWEEN the hands OF fruit)
6.4.9 - Flowers that form the fruit
Female (absence of pollen sacs or 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
Neutral flowers (one to few hands only, stalk is bare below)
6.4.14 - Male bud type
Degenerating before maturity (like false-horn 'Plantain')
6.6 - Male flower
6.6.1 - Male flower behaviour
Neutral/male flowers persistent
6.7 - Fruit
6.7.1 - Fruit position
Curved upward (obliquely, at a 45° angle upward)
6.7.2 - Number of fruits
<=12
6.7.3 - Fruit length [cm]
21-25 cm
6.7.4 - Fruit shape
Straight in the distal part
6.7.5 - Transverse section of fruit
Pronounced ridges
6.7.6 - Fruit apex
Pointed
6.7.7 - Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex
Base of style prominent
6.7.8 - Fruit pedicel length [mm]
>=21 mm
6.7.9 - Fruit pedicel width [mm]
5 to 10 mm
6.7.11 - Fusion of pedicels
Very partially or no visible sign of fusion
6.7.12 - Immature fruit peel colour
Green
6.7.17 - Pulp in fruit
With pulp
6.7.19 - Pulp colour at maturity
Orange
6.7.21 - Flesh texture
Firm
6.7.23 - Presence of seed with source of pollen
Inapplicable
6.7.24 - Seed surface
Inapplicable
6.7.25 - Seed shape
Inapplicable
