Sree Arun
  • Year of release: 2002
  • Pedigree:Seeding from recurrent selection of seeds of polycross
  • Yield: 20-28t ha-1
  • Potential yield: 30 t ha-1
  • Maturity:90 dyas
  • Suitable growing regions:Kerala (uplands)

  • Key traits:
    • Spreading type, vine green with light brown emerging leaf
    • Leaf cordate in shape; petiole green with purple spot near the leaf base
    • Sparse flowering; Storage roots fusiform short / spherical with very pale pink skin and cream flesh
    • Total starch19.7-20.4%, Good cooking quality; Early maturing type