Mutika/Lujugira (Cultivar group)
Passport data
Classification
Mutika/Lujugira (AAA)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
3x
Main distribution area
East and central Africa
Uses
Cooking, Beer
Number of samples assigned
24
Notes
Cultivated in altitude, Dark bronze, black or brown blotches on pseudostems
Cooking cultivars with pulp turning yellow when cooked; Beer cultivars with pulp turning pink when cooked
Genomic features
Two first telomeres of chr. 6 seem of undetermined origin
A small variation in the banksii / zebrina ratio can be observed on a reduced number of accession
Number of mosaics identified
4
Morphological Characterisation Pictures
References for molecular characterisation
Number of assigned accessions
19
Assigned accessions
Number of assigned accessions
3
Assigned accessions
Legend
M. acuminata ssp. banksii/borneo
M. acuminata ssp. zebrina
M. acuminata ssp. halabanensis
M. schizocarpa
unknown