Status of plant: Farmer’s variety
Genome: AA
Local names: Arnibal (Negros Occidental), Monkoy
(Negros Oriental and Mansaka), Señorita
(Laguna), Sarot-sut (Bicol), Cariños
(Abra), Lunsuranon (Surigao)
Purpose: Dessert
Note: Cuarenta dias is a Spanish phrase which
literally translates to “40 days” - the
number of days from flowering to fruiting
for this variety.
Plant general appearance
Leaf habit: Intermediate
Dwarfism: Normal
Pseudostem
Pseudostem height (at maturity): 2.44 m
Pseudostem girth (at 1m): 42.19 cm
Pseudostem colour (external): Medium green
Pseudostem appearance: Shiny
Predominant underlying colour: Pink-purple
Pigmentation of the underlying pseudostem: Pink-purple
Sap colour: Watery
Wax on leaf sheaths: Moderately waxy
Petiole/midrib/leaf
Blotches at petiole base: Large blotches
Blotches colour: Brown
Petiole canal leaf III: Open with margins spreading
Petiole margins: Winged and not clasping pseudostem
Wing type: Dry
Petiole margin colour: Pink-purple to red
Edge of petiole margin: With colour
Petiole margin width: 1.12 cm
Leaf blade length: 213.17 cm
Leaf blade width: 64.00 cm
Leaf ratio: 3.33
Petiole length: 37.08 cm
Colour of leaf upper surface: Green
Appearance of leaf upper surface: Shiny
Colour of leaf lower surface: Medium green
Appearance of leaf lower surface: Dull
Wax on leaves: Very waxy
Insertion point of leaf blades on petiole: Symmetric
Shape of leaf blade base: One side rounded
Leaf corrugation: Very corrugated
Colour of midrib dorsal surface: Yellow
Colour of midrib ventral surface: Yellow
Inflorescence/male bud
Peduncle weight: 1.31 kg
Peduncle length: 45.56 cm
Peduncle width: 5.00 cm
Empty nodes on peduncle: 1
Peduncle colour: Light green
Peduncle hairiness: Very hairy, short hairs
Bunch position: Hanging vertically
Bunch shape: Cylindrical
Bunch appearance: Lax
Rachis type: Present
Rachis position: At an angle
Rachis appearance: Neutral flowers, withered bracts on whole stalk
Male bud type: Normal (present)
Male bud shape: Intermediate
Bract
Bract base shape: Medium shoulder
Bract apex shape: Intermediate
Bract imbrication: Young bracts slightly overlap
Colour of bract external face: Red-purple
Colour of bract internal face: Yellow or green
Colour on the bract apex: Tinted with yellow
Colour stripes on bract: With discoloured lines
Bract scars on rachis: Very prominent
Fading of colour on bract base: Discontinuing
Male bract shape: Intermediate (x/y = 0.29)
Male bract lifting: Lifting two or more
Bract behaviour before falling: Revolute
Wax on the bract: Moderate
Presence of grooves on the bract: Moderate grooving
Male flower
Male flower behaviour: Neutral/male flower persistent
Compound tepal basic colour: Cream
Compound tepal pigmentation: Rust-coloured spots
Lobe colour of compound tepal: Yellow
Lobe development of compound tepal: Developed
Free tepal colour: Translucent white
Free tepal shape: Fan shape
Free tepal appearance: More or less smooth
Free tepal apex development: Developed
Free tepal apex shape: Triangular
Anther exsertion: Inserted
Filament colour: Cream
Anther colour: Pink/Pink-purple
Pollen sac colour: Cream
Style basic colour: Cream
Pigmentation on style: Purple
Style exsertion: Inserted
Style shape: Straight
Stigma colour: Black
Ovary shape: Arched
Ovary basic colour: Brown
Ovary pigmentation: Very few
Dominant colour of male flower: Yellow
Fruits
Planting to flowering: 231 days
Flowering to harvest: 54 days
Planting to harvest: 285 days
Bunch weight: 8.08 kg
Number of hands per bunch: 7
Number of fruits per bunch: 113
Fruit weight: 54.89 g
Fruit length: 85.57 mm
Fruit width: 33.50 mm
Fruit thickness: 33.37 mm
Fruit shape (longitudinal curvature): Straight
Transverse section of fruit: Rounded
Fruit apex: Bottle-necked
Remains of flower relicts at fruit apex: Persistent style
Fruit pedicel length: 20.31 mm
Fruit pedicel width: 7.92 mm
Pedicel surface: Hairless
Fusion of pedicels: Very partially or none
Mature fruit peel colour: Yellow
Fruit peel thickness: 1.34 mm
Fruit peel weight: 13.42 g
Adherence of the fruit peel: Fruit peels easily
Cracks in the fruit peel: Cracked
Flesh weight: 45.10 g
Pulp colour at maturity: Yellow
Fruits fall from hands: Deciduous
Flesh texture: Soft
Edible portion: 82.17%
Predominant taste: Mild to sweet
Pulp TSS: 20.32ºBrix
SOURCE
http://bananas.bioversityinternation...hilippines.pdf