6.1 - Plant general appearance
6.1.1 - Leaf habit
Intermediate
6.1.2 - Dwarfism
Dwarf type : leaves strongly overlapped and leaf ratio inferior to 2.5
6.2 - Pseudostem / Suckers
6.2.1 - Pseudostem height [m]
<=2
6.2.2 - Pseudostem aspect
Normal
6.2.3 - Pseudostem colour
Medium green
6.2.4 - Pseudostem appearance
Shiny (not waxy)
6.2.5 - Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem
Cream
6.2.7 - Sap colour
Watery
6.2.8 - Wax on leaf sheaths
Moderately waxy
6.2.10 - Development of suckers
More than 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
Sparse blotching
6.3.2 - Blotches colour
Dark brown
6.3.3 - Petiole canal leaf III
Margins curved inward
6.3.4 - Petiole margins
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
6.3.12 - Colour of leaf upper surface
Dark green
6.3.13 - Appearance of leaf upper surface
Dull
6.3.14 - Colour of leaf lower surface
Green-yellow
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 rounded
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
Large purple blotches
6.4 - Inflorescence / male bud
6.4.1 - Peduncle length [cm]
31- 60 cm
6.4.2 - Empty nodes on peduncle
Two or more
6.4.3 - Peduncle width [cm]
<=6 cm
6.4.4 - Peduncle colour
Dark green
6.4.6 - Bunch position
Horizontal
6.4.7 - Bunch shape
Asymmetric - Bunch axis is nearly straight
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
Uniseriate
6.4.11 - Rachis type
Truncated, no bract scar below the last hand of fruit
6.7 - Fruit
6.7.1 - Fruit position
Curved upward (obliquely, at a 45° angle upward)
6.7.2 - Number of fruits
13-16
6.7.4 - Fruit shape
Curved (sharp curve)
