Talasea (Cluster)
Passport data
Classification
Talasea (AA)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
2x
Main distribution area
Papua New Guinea outer islands (very common in West New Britain)
Uses
Cooking
Number of samples assigned
2
Notes
Named after a district�of New Britain Island
�Synonym: Misis
Very pale fruits' skin, a reddish variant exist
Sold in markets locally
Genomic features
One of the many diploid landraces of PNG with M. a.banksii/ M. schizocarpa/ M. A. zebrina ancestries
Number of mosaics identified
1
Morphological Characterisation Pictures
References for molecular characterisation
Legend
M. acuminata ssp. banksii/borneo
M. acuminata ssp. zebrina
M. schizocarpa