MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS Western-VJ66
Plant Character	Res. Hybrid/Variety Western Sarpanch	Female WCP – 115	Male WCM- 1215
	Plant Character
Stem Colour	Mahogany	Mahogany	Green
Bloom	Double	Double	Double
Type of Internodes on Stem	Elongated	Condense	Elongated
Branching Pattern	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
Plant Height	Medium tall	Short	Medium tall
Leaf Shape	Semi Cup	Cup	Flat
Hairiness on Leaf	Absent	Absent	Absent
	Reproductive Phase
Type of flowers on primary spike	Interspersed	Pistillate	Monoecious
Spike Size & arrangement of capsules on spike	Medium Long & Semi-compact	Medium & Semi-compact	Medium Long & Loose
Spinyness of Capsule	Spiny	Spiny	Spiny
Seed Size & Shape	Medium bold & Oval	Medium bold & Oval	Medium & Elongated
Seed Colour	Light brown	Brown	Light brown
	Quantitative Description
Days to 50 % Flowering of Primary Raceme (Range)	52 – 65	55 – 60	58 – 68
Days to maturity (first picking)	115 – 115	112 – 122	110 – 115
Number of nodes to primary raceme	18-20	15-20	18-21
Plant Height up to base of primary raceme(cm)	65 – 76	58 – 65	95-105
100 Seed weight (g)	28-30	29-32	28 – 30
Oil Content (%)	49.5 – 50.5	48.5 – 49.5	46 – 48