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Baobab fruit characterization

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Baobab fruits collected in 2014 from Tanzania were analysed at the ICRAF Genebank in 2016.

Morphological traits were evaluated on dry fruits starting with intact fruits which were later opened to extract pulp, fiber and seed.

Partner

ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre

Crop name

fruit-trees

Number of accessions

Number of traits

Start of evaluation

2015

End of evaluation

2015

Dataset metadata

Dataset creators

Data curator

Zakayo Kinyanjui World Agroforestry Centre

Data manager

Alice Muchugi World Agroforestry Centre

Data curator

Simon Kangethe World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Data digitizer

Geoffrey Abuor World Agroforestry Centre

Data digitizer

Ludy Keino World Agroforestry Centre

Data digitizer

Agnes Were World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Dataset use and licensing

Licensed under

CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

More information

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Data and resources

Dataset file

Baobab fruit characterization 2016.xlsx

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Dataset metadata

Metadata.xlsx

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MCPD passport data

MCPD - c467e584-1f25-445c-99ce-1fb9bf669470.xlsx

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Data provider contact information

treeseedbank@cifor-icraf.org

Address

Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

Other Metadata

Date of dataset

2015

Metadata create date

24 July 2019

Metadata updated date

12 December 2021

Published in Genesys

12 December 2021

Locations

Location

World Agroforestry Centre, Gigiri

Date of evaluation

2015 — 2015

Description

The fruits and seeds were characterized at ICRAF Seed Lab.

Traits observed

Fruit shape

Record the predominant shape of fruits.

Fruit apex shape

Fruit apex shape.

Fruit stalk insertion

Fruit pedicel insertion.

Fruit neck prominence

Fruit beak type

Fruit shell hairiness

Colour of fruit skin hairs

Colour of hairs on the fruit skin, coded using the Royal Horticultural Society colour chart.

Contour

Fruit cross section outline.

Fruit shell surface texture

Shell hardness

Use hands to determine shell hardness by breaking a piece of shell.

Fiber adherence to fruit shell

Adherence of fibre to fruit shell.

Fibre texture in fruit

Texture of fibres in fruit.

Pulpy seeds adherence to fibre

Adherence of pulpy seed to fibre.

Fruit pulp adherence to seeds

Adherence of fruit pulp to seed (scratch with your finger nails).

Pulp texture of ripe fruit

Pulp colour of ripe fruit

Colour of fruit pulp -use colour codes from the Royal Horticultural Society colour chart.

Fibre quantity in fruit

Quantity of fibres in fruit.

Accessions

List of accessions included in the dataset

1. ICRAF 06646 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

2. ICRAF 06647 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

3. ICRAF 06648 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

4. ICRAF 06651 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

5. ICRAF 06652 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

6. ICRAF 06653 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

7. ICRAF 06654 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

8. ICRAF 06655 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

9. ICRAF 06656 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

10. ICRAF 06657 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

11. ICRAF 06658 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

12. ICRAF 06659 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

13. ICRAF 06660 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

14. ICRAF 06661 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

15. ICRAF 06663 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

16. ICRAF 06664 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

17. ICRAF 06665 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

18. ICRAF 06666 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

19. ICRAF 06667 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

20. ICRAF 06668 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

21. ICRAF 06669 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

22. ICRAF 06671 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

23. ICRAF 06674 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

24. ICRAF 06675 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

25. ICRAF 06676 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

26. ICRAF 06677 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

27. ICRAF 06679 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

28. ICRAF 06680 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

29. ICRAF 06683 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

30. ICRAF 06684 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

31. ICRAF 06685 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

32. ICRAF 06686 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

33. ICRAF 06687 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

34. ICRAF 06688 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

35. ICRAF 06689 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

36. ICRAF 06690 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

37. ICRAF 06691 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

38. ICRAF 06692 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

39. ICRAF 06693 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

40. ICRAF 06694 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

41. ICRAF 06695 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

42. ICRAF 06696 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

43. ICRAF 06697 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

44. ICRAF 06698 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

45. ICRAF 06699 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

46. ICRAF 06700 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

47. ICRAF 06701 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

48. ICRAF 06702 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

49. ICRAF 06703 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A

50. ICRAF 06704 • Adansonia digitata L. • Natural • Tanzania

KEN023 • DOI: N/A