These descriptors are used for characterization of Baobab accessions.
Trunk diameter recorded at breast height.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey | |
| 2 | Brown | |
| 3 | Reddish-brown |
Type of material collected. If different types of material have been collected from the same source, each sample (type) should be designated with a unique collecting number and a corresponding unique accession number.
Record the predominant shape of fruits.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oblong-cylindrical | |
| 2 | Oblong-irregular | |
| 3 | Ellipsoid | |
| 4 | Globose | |
| 5 | Pyriform | |
| 6 | Reniform | kidney-shaped |
| 7 | Obovate | |
| 8 | Ovate |
Fruit apex shape.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acute | |
| 2 | Obtuse | |
| 3 | Round | |
| 4 | Concave |
Fruit pedicel insertion.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertical | |
| 2 | Slightly oblique | |
| 3 | Oblique |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absent | |
| 2 | Slightly prominent | |
| 3 | Prominent | |
| 4 | Very prominent |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absent | |
| 2 | Perceptible | |
| 3 | Pointed | |
| 4 | Prominent |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evenly hairy | |
| 2 | Partly hairy | |
| 3 | Not hairy |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smooth | |
| 2 | Wrinkled |
Colour of hairs on the fruit skin, coded using the Royal Horticultural Society colour chart.
Average length of ten seeds.
Average width of ten seeds.
Average thickness of ten seeds measured at 90 degrees from the measuremet of seed width.
Colour of seed determined using the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.
Fruit cross section outline.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absent | |
| 2 | Shallowly contoured | |
| 3 | Deeply contoured |
Use hands to determine shell hardness by breaking a piece of shell.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easily cracked | |
| 2 | Slightly hard | |
| 3 | Hard | |
| 4 | Very hard |
Adherence of fibre to fruit shell.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weak | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Strong |
Quantity of fibres in fruit.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | High |
Texture of fibres in fruit.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Coarse |
Adherence of pulpy seed to fibre.
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weak | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Strong |
Adherence of fruit pulp to seed (scratch with your finger nails).
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Firm |
| Code | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft | |
| 2 | Intermediate | |
| 3 | Firm |
Colour of fruit pulp -use colour codes from the Royal Horticultural Society colour chart.