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| Characters observed | Scoring | Observed period (MAP) |
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| (1) Color of apical leaves | 3: light green; 5: dark green; 7: purplish green; and 9: purple | 3 |
| (2) Pubescence on apical leaves | 0: absent and 1: present | 6 |
| (3) Shape of central leaflet | 1: ovoid; 2: elliptic-lanceolate; 3: obovate-lanceolate; 4: oblang-lanceolate; 5: lanceolate; 6: linear; 7: pandurates; 8: linear-piramidal; 9: linear pandurate; and 10: linear-hostatilobalate | 6 |
| (4) Leaf retention | 1: very poor retention; 2: less than average retention; 3: average leaf retention; 4: better than average retention; and 5: outstanding leaf retention | 6 |
| (5) Petiole color | 1: yellowish green; 2: green; 3: reddish green; 5: greenish red; 7: red; and 9: purple | 6 |
| (6) Leaf color | 3: light green 5: dark green; 7: purple green; and 9: purple | 6 |
| (7) Number of leaf lobe | 3: three lobes; 5: five lobes; 7: seven lobes; 9: nine lobes; and 11: eleven lobe | 6 |
| (8) Lobe margins | 3: smooth and 7: winding | 6 |
| (9) Color of leaf vein | 3: green; 5: reddish green in less than half of the lobe; 7: reddish green in more than half of the lobe; and 9: all red | 6 |
| (10) Orientation of petiole | 1: inclined upwards; 3: horizontal; 5: inclined downwards; and 7: irregular | 6 |
| (11) Prominence of foliar scars | 3: semiprominent and 5: prominent | 9 |
| (12) Color of stem cortex | 1: orange; 2: light green; and 3: dark green | 9 |
| (13) Color of stem epidermis | 1: cream; 2: light brown; 3: dark brown; and 4: orange | 9 |
| (14) Color of stem exterior | 3: orange; 4: greeny-yellowish; 5: golden; 6: light brown; 7: silver; 8: gray; and 9: dark brown | 9 |
| (15) Growth habit of stem | 1: straight and 2: zigzag | 9 |
| (16) Distance between leaf scars | 3: short (≤8 cm); 5: medium (8–15 cm); and 7: long (≥15) | 9 |
| (17) Color of end branches of adult plant | 3: green; 5: green-purple; and 7: purple | 9 |
| (18) Stipule margin | 1: entire and 2: split or forked | 9 |
| (19) Length of stipules | 3: short and 5: long | 9 |
| (20) Branching habit | 1: erect; 2: dichotomus; 3: trichotomous; and 4: tetrachotomus | 18 |
| (21) Shape of plant | 1: compact; 2: open; 3: umbrella; and 4: cylindrical | 18 |
| (22) Fruit | 0: absent and 1: present | 6–18 |
| (23) Seed | 0: absent and 1: present | 6–18 |
| (24) Root constrictions | 1: few to none (3 or less); 2: some (4–6); and 3: many (>6) | 18 |
| (25) Root shape | 1: conical; 2: conical-cylindrical; 3: cylindrical; and 4: irregular | 18 |
| (26) External color of storage root | 1: white or cream; 2: yellow; 3: light brown; and 4: dark brown | 18 |
| (27) Color of root pulp | 1: white; 2: cream; 3: yellow; 4: orange; and 5: pink | 18 |
| (28) Color of root cortex | 1: white or cream; 2: yellow; 3: pink; and 4: purple | 18 |
| (29) Cortex: ease of peeling | 1: easy and 2: difficult | 18 |
| (30) Texture of root epidermis | 3: smooth; 5: intermediate; and 7: rough | 18 |
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