Table 3. Main distinctive morphological features of 12 varieties from cluster 4^*.

Variety name	Country	Sub-cluster	Panicle attitude	Ligule shape	Pericarp colour	Days to 80% flowering
Tebeleh	Sierra Leone	4-1	erect	pointed, long	red	105.8
Pa DC	Sierra Leone	4-1	erect	pointed, long	red	103.8
Pa Trimont	Sierra Leone	4-1	semi-droopy	pointed, long	red	92.5
Wonyonwonyon yi	Guinea Conakry	4-1	semi-droopy	pointed, long	red	96.3
Untufa	Guinea Bissau	4-1	erect	pointed, long	red	98.0
Dissi	Guinea Bissau	4-1	erect	pointed, long	red	104.0
Mani Konsunkuto	Guinea Bissau	4-2	strongly droopy	pointed, long	brown	87.5
Kolosar, Mani Wulendingo	Guinea Bissau	4-2	strongly droopy	pointed, long	white	91.8
Mani Wulengo	Gambia	4-2	strongly droopy	pointed, long	brown	88.0
Binta Sambou**	Gambia	4-2	strongly droopy	pointed, long	light brown	103.3
Ablie Mano	Senegal	4-2	droopy	pointed, long	brown	89.5
Madina Wulengo	Senegal	4-2	strongly droopy	pointed, long	brown	90.8

^*Varieties of O. glaberrima included in this study had erect panicle, round short ligule and red pericarp colour. Varieties of O. sativa ssp. included in this study had strongly droopy panicle, pointed medium to long ligule, and white or red pericarp colour.

^**In The Gambia Binta Sambou flowers only a few days later than Ablie Mano.