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Baobab descriptors for Farm / Questionnaire Code: Collecting date:
Region/Province: Latitude [S˚]: District: Longitude [E˚]: Location: Elevation :
2.8 Taste of leaf (test for leaf sweetness by tasting / chewing on them) NB: Leaves to be tasted are neither very mature nor too young i.e. the edible ones. 1 Sweet 2 Sour 3 Bitter
4 Neutral 5 Other (describe)
2.9 Leaf sliminess (test for leaf sliminess by pressing leaf between the thumb and the first finger. Use both young and mature leaves)
2.9.1 Young Leaf
1 Not slimy 2 Slightly slimy 3 Moderately slimy 4 Very slimy
2.9.2 Mature Leaf
1 Not slimy 2 Slightly slimy 3 Moderately slimy 4 Very slimy
2.10 Colour of young leaf (+specify with colour chart and give colour chart number) 1 Pale green 2 Green
2.11 Colour of fully developed leaf (+specify with colour chart and give colour chart number) 1 Pale green 2 Green 3 Dark green
2.12 Leaf hairiness / Pubescence (on the upper side of the leaf)
2.12.1 Young Leaf
0 Absent 1 Slightly hairy 2 Hairy 3 Very hairy
2.12.2 Mature Leaf
0 Absent 1 Slightly hairy 2 Hairy 3 Very hairy
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Quantitative characterisation of leaves Pick 10 mature and healthy leaves at random and measure the length of the leaf petioles. Then separate the 10 middle leaflets for quantitative measurements as given below and fill the table.
3.4.4 Testa hardness (scarify several seeds with knife and finger, press with probe / penetrometer to quantify pressure needed to break testa) 1 Soft 2 Intermediate 3 Hard 4 Very hard 3.4.5 Colour of endosperm (scarify seeds to reveal endosperm) + specify with colour chart and give colour chart number) 1 White 2 Grey 99 Other
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Quantitative characterisation of fruits, fibre, pulp and seeds Farm Code: Collecting date:
Fruit # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fruit Length (cm)
Diameter 1 (longitudinal section at the centre of the fruit) (cm)
Diameter 2 (at 90° at the centre of the fruit) (cm)
Weight (g)
Length of fruit stalk (only if it is at full length) (cm)
Pulp & Seeds
Total weight per fruit (g)
Pulp Total weight per fruit (g)
Seeds No. of seeds
Total weight (g)
Fibres Weight (g)
Shell Thickness (at the centre of fruit) (mm)
Weight (g)
Notes
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Seed traits
Randomly pick 10 healthy seeds from all fruits of one tree.
Fruit No. / Code: Farm Code: Collecting date:
Seed # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Length (mm)
Width (mm)
Thickness (mm)
Weight (g)
Proportion of endosperm to whole seed (%) 1 < 25% 2 26 – 50% 3 51 – 75% 4 >80%