Iholena (Cultivar group)

Passport data

Classification
Iholena (AAB)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
3x
Main distribution area
Pacific region
Uses
Cooking
Number of samples assigned
6

 

Notes

Tall plant, young leaf with light purple underside
Fruits turn yellow before being ripe,�pulp is ��salmon orange��
Typical bunch shape

Genomic features
M. balbisiana centromere is absent on chr. 09 In Papua New Guinea, different clones sharing features with Iholena exist Holds a common small duplicated region in the centromeric zone of chr. 8 due to unbalanced crossing-over between banksii and M. schizocarpa (not shown)
Number of mosaics identified
1

Morphological Characterisation Pictures

References for molecular characterisation

Legend
M. acuminata ssp. banksii/borneo
M. acuminata ssp. zebrina
M. acuminata ssp. malaccensis
M. schizocarpa
M. balbisiana.

In situ observations