TKUM - Teeb Kum

 
Passport Data
Country of origin: Country of origin: Thailand
PDCIm Score: 4.74
Available for distribution:
Accession number: TKUM
Accession name: Teeb Kum
Synonyms:
Tip Kum
Biological status of accession: traditional cultivar or landrace
Taxonomic classification:
Musaceae
Musa
Eumusa
AAB
Institute code: CMR004 (CARBAP)
Acquisition date: 1987-12-03
Status: active
Type of storage:
Field Collection
Morphological Characterization
Not available
Morphological Characterization Data

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 Green-red
6.2.4 - Pseudostem appearance Shiny (not waxy)
6.2.5 - Predominant underlying colour of the pseudostem Red-purple
6.2.6 - Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem Purple
6.2.7 - Sap colour Milky
6.2.8 - Wax on leaf sheaths Very waxy
6.2.9 - Number of suckers 6 or more
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 Brown-black
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 Green
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] >=261 cm
6.3.10 - Leaf blade width [cm] 71 to 80 cm
6.3.11 - Petiole length [cm] >=71 cm
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 Green
6.3.15 - Appearance of leaf lower surface Dull
6.3.16 - Wax on leaves Very little or no visible sign of wax
6.3.17 - Insertion point of leaf blades on petiole Asymmetric
6.3.18 - Shape of leaf blade base Both sides pointed
6.3.19 - Leaf corrugation Few stripes
6.3.20 - Colour of midrib dorsal surface Yellow
6.3.21 - Colour of midrib ventral 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] 7-12 cm
6.4.4 - Peduncle colour Green
6.4.6 - Bunch position Hanging vertically
6.4.7 - Bunch shape Cylindrical with the length >= to twice the width
6.4.8 - Bunch appearance Very compact (one cannot place one's finger BETWEEN the hands OF fruit)
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 Falling vertically
6.4.13 - Rachis appearance Bare
6.4.14 - Male bud type Normal (present)
6.4.15 - Male bud shape Intermediate
6.4.16 - Male bud size [cm] 21 to 30 cm

6.5 - Bract

6.5.1 - Bract base shape Large shoulder
6.5.2 - Bract apex shape Obtuse
6.5.3 - Bract imbrication Young bracts greatly overlap (like Musa acuminata subsp. burmannica)
6.5.4 - Colour of the bract external face Purple
6.5.5 - Colour of the bract internal face Purple
6.5.7 - Colour stripes on bract Without discoloured lines 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 and continues until the base)
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
Phenotyping
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Collecting/acquisition source
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Collecting Location
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Molecular Characterisation
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Publications
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