Plantain (Cultivar group)
Passport data
Classification
Plantain (AAB)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
3x
Main distribution area
West and Central Africa, Latin America
Uses
Cooking (fries, mashed)
Number of samples assigned
48
Notes
Wide morphological diversity
Several phenotypic clusters (French, true horn, false horn) & (small, medium or giant)
Genomic features
2 B chromosomes on chromosome 7
2 profiles (the most common profile with interstitial deletion on chr10)
Number of mosaics identified
2
Morphological Characterisation Pictures
References for molecular characterisation
Number of assigned accessions
7
Number of assigned accessions
41
Assigned accessions
Legend
M. acuminata ssp. banksii/borneo
M. acuminata ssp. zebrina
M. acuminata ssp. malaccensis
M. schizocarpa
M. balbisiana.