| 1. Predominant foliage colour |
1-Green; 3-green with a few purple stains; 4-green with many purple stains; 5- green with many dark purple stains; 6-predominantly purple; 7-predominantly dark purple; 8-completely purple; 9-completely dark purple. |
| 2. Secondary foliage colour |
0-Absent; 1-green base; 2-green apex; 3-green nodes; 4-reddish base; 5-reddish apex; 6-reddish nodes; 7-other. |
| 3. Foliage apex pubescence |
0-Absence of hairiness; 3- thin hairiness; 5- moderate; 7-dense; 9- very dense. |
| 4. Principal foliage length |
3-Erect (<75 cm); 5-semi-erect (75-150 cm); 7-scattered (150-250 cm); 9-extremely scattered (>250 cm). |
| 5. Leaf lobule types |
0-Absence of lobules; 1-very superficial lobules; 3-superficial lobules; 5-moderate; 7-deep; 9-very deep. |
| 6. Number of leaf lobules |
0- Absence of lobules- round and smooth leaf; 1-absence of lateral lobules; 3-three lobules; 5-five lobules; 7-seven lobules; 9-nine lobules. |
| 7. Central lobule format |
0-Absent; 1-jagged; 2-triangular; 3-semi-circular; 4-semi-elliptical; 5-elliptical; 6-lanceolate; 7-oblong and lanceolate; 8-linear and wide; 9-linear and narrow. |
| 8. Pigmentation of veins |
1-Yellow; 2-green; 3-purple stains in principal base of veins; 4-purple stains in many veins; 5-principal vein predominantly purple; 6-principal vein completely purple; 7-partially purple veins; 8-veins totally purple; 9-lower surface and veins completely purple. |
| 9. Petiole length |
1-Very short (<10 cm); 3-short (10-20 cm); 5-intermediate (21-30 cm); 7-long (31-40 cm); 9-very long (>40 cm). |
| 10. Petiole pigmentation |
1-Green; 2-green with purple base; 3-green with purple leaf insertion; 4-green with purple in both extremities; 5-green with purple stains in all petiole; 6-green with purple stripes; 7-purple with green leaf insertion; 8-some green and some purple petioles; 9-completely of almost purple. |
| 11. Mature leaf colour |
1-Greenish yellow; 2-green; 3-green with purple ends; 4-greyish green; 5-green with purple veins; 6-smooth purple; 7-predominantly purple; 8-green upper surface and purple lower surface; 9-purple in both surfaces. |
| 12. Immature leaf |
1-Greenish yellow; 2-green; 3-green with purple ends; 4-greyish green; 5-green with purple veins; 6-smooth purple; 7-predominantly purple; 8-green upper surface and purple lower surface; 9-purple in both surfaces. |
| 13. Mature leaf size |
3-Small (<8 cm); 5-average (8-15 cm); 7-large (16-25 cm); 9-very large (>25 cm). |
| 14. Mature leaf general format |
1-Round; 2-reniform; 3-cordate; 4-triangular; 5-lanceolate; 6-lobed; 7-almost separated. |
| 15. Internode diameter |
1-Very thin (<4 mm); 3-thin (4-6 mm); 5-intermediate (7-9 mm); 7-thick (10-12 mm); 9-very thick (>12 mm). |
| 16. Internode length |
1-Very short (<3 cm); 3-short (3-5 cm); 5-intermediate (6-9 cm); 7-long (10-12 cm); 9-very long (>12 cm). |
| 17. Flaws in root surface |
0-Absent; 1-alligator skin; 2-prominent veins; 3-shallow horizontal constrictions; 4-deep horizontal constrictions; 5-shallow longitudinal slots; 6-deep longitudinal slots; 7-constrictions and deep cracks; 8-other. |
| 18. Root format |
1-Round; 2-round and elliptical; 3-elliptical; 4-oval; 5-oboval; 6-oblong; 7-oblong and long; 8-long and elliptical; 9-irregular and long. |
| 19. Predominant colour of root bark |
1-White; 2-cream; 3-yellow; 4-orangish; 5-orangish brown 6-pinkish; 7-red; 8-reddish purple; 9-dark purple. |
| 20. Root bark colour intensity |
1-Pale; 2-intermediate; 3-dark. |
| 21. Secondary colour of root bark |
0-Absent; 1-white; 2-cream; 3-yellow; 4-orangish; 5-orangish brown; 6-pinkish; 7-red; 8-reddish purple; 9-dark purple. |
| 22. Pulp predominant colour |
1-White; 2-light cream; 3-dark cream; 4-light yellow; 5-dark yellow; 6-light orange; 7-orangish brown; 8-dark orange; 9-strongly purple. |
| 23. Secondary pulp colour |
0-Absent; 1-white; 2-cream; 3-yellow; 4-orangish brown; 5-pinkish; 6-red; 7-reddish purple; 8-purple; 9-dark purple. |
| 24. Distribution of secondary pulp colour |
0-Absent; 1-ring close to the bark; 2-large ring close to the bark; 3-intense sparse stains; 4-thin ring in the pulp; 5-large ring in the pulp; 6-ring and other stains in the pulp; 7-stains in longitudinal sections; 8-stains covering the surface almost completely; 9-stains covering the hole pulp. |
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