Rekua (Individual)
Passport data
Classification
Rekua (ABBT)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
4x
Main distribution area
Cook Islands
Uses
Cooking
Number of samples assigned
1
Notes
Kalapua-derived tetraploid hybrid
Rare cultivar, only a couple of plants left in Cook Islands
Linked to a traditional chant about the warrior chief Purekua
Genomic features
It is a progeny ofKalapua1 (3ngamete) and Australimusa (ngamete)
Different from Bengani
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.
Australimusa