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- Year of release: 2014(Central)
- Pedigree: Triploid from the cross Ambakkadan (2x) x Sree Sahya (4x)
- Yield: 35-40 t ha-1
- Potential yield: 70 t ha-1
- Maturity: 10 months
- Suitable growing region: Irrigated Plains of Tamil Nadu such as Salem, Namakkal and Dharmapuri districts, Keral
- Key traits:
- Tall, top branching variety with stout stem which is yellowish brown in colour
- Greenish purple emerging leaves
- Leaves thick and broad, 7-9 lobed with acuminate tip
- Red petiole
- Shy flowerer
- Long cylindrical tubers with brown skin, cream rind, and white flesh
- Extractable starch high (29.9%)
- Cooking quality fair
- Ideal for cassava-based industries
- Field tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot, spider mite, and scale insect
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