Bananas and Food Security - Bioversity International

Afrique / Africa : G. Rossel
Table 1. Plantain cultivars and their names in (West-) Central Africa.
No. Type Size Colour B. o Fruits Nigeria Cameroon Gabon Congo Congo (-K)
8 Fr M Green P/Sh obino l’ewai ekpal ina zigdieb okere
9 Fr M Green-Red P/Sh ntanga toutoun kelong nzoangu no name wenge
Fr M Green P yell. pend. & grad. lipfo
10 Fr M Green P red-flamed kumbu
11 Fr M Green P red-striped moanza
12 Fr M Green P bl-striped & blunt ebee makutu
Fr} G/M Green P spiraloid aleke
13 Fr} M Green P spiral. & blunt inginie pilapile mutsingamutsinga dingadinga
14 Fr M Green P red sap ankia nagia malongo
15 Fr M Green P f. ped. & dehisc. elar ntanga iseluku
Note: for reasons of space, only 9 cultivars are presented here, with one vernacular name per country. A full list of cultivars and their names is appended to the thesis.
Table 2. Distribution of plantain cultivars in Africa, Madagascar and the Comoros.
No. Type Size Colour B. o Fruits Countries
8 cFr M Green P/Sh Gh Ni Ca Ga Co Cok U T Ml Mz Md
9 dFr M Green-Red P/Sh Ni Ca Ga Co Cok U K T Ml C
eFr M Green P/Sh white flesh Md
Fr M Green P yell. pend. & grad. Ca
10 Fr M Green P red-flamed Ga
11 Fr M Green P red-striped Ga
12 Fr M Green P bl-striped & blunt Ga
iFr} G/M Green P spiraloid Cok U
13 Fr} M Green P spiraloid & blunt Ni Ca Ga Co
14 Fr M Green P red sap Ca Ga Co
15 Fr M Green P f. ped. & dehisc. Ca Ga
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Abbreviations for tables 1 and 2: No.: Number. 8-15, c-i: entry numbers. }: variant descriptions of same cultivar. B. o.: Bunch orientation. Fr: French. G: Giant. M: Medium.
P: Pendulous. Sh: Subhorizontal. yell.: yellow. pend.: pendulous. grad.: gradual. bl-striped: black-striped. spiral.: spiraloid. f. ped. & dehisc.: fused pedicels and dehiscent male
bud. Congo (-K): Congo-Kinshasa. Gh: Ghana. Ni: Nigeria. Ca: Cameroon. Ga: Gabon. Co: Congo-Brazzaville. U: Uganda. K: Kenya. T: Tanzania. Ml: Malawi. Mz: Mozambique.
Md: Madagascar. C: Comoros.