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
