Castor GCH-7

Morphological Description

Vegetative Phase

Hybrid

Plant Characters

GCH-7

Hypocotyl anthocyanin colouration

Absent

Stem Colour

Light Red/mahogany

Bloom

Triple

Type of internodes on stem

Elongated

Branching pattern

Divergent

Location of branches

Basal

Plant height

Medium to tall

Plant type

Normal

Leaf Characters

Anthocyanin pigmentation of young emerging leaves

Absent

Anthocyanin colouration of lamina

Absent

Shape

Slightly cup shaped

Lascination on 4th leaf from top

Shallow

Hairiness

Absent

Number of lobes

>10

Petiole surface

Smooth

Reproductive phase

Colour of fully developed stigma

Red

Type of flowers on primary spike

Interspersed

Spike characters

Shape

Conical

Arrangement of capsules

Semi-compact

Capsule characters

Colour

Green

Spininess

Semi-spiny

Size

Bold