The stem base is thick, light green in colour and produces no tillers. It takes 59 days to reach 50% flowering and 90 days to physiological maturity (when a black layer is formed on the grain) with 12 to 15 functional leaves remaining on the plant
Tsinde lake limakhala lokhuthala, lobiliwira mmaonekedwe ndipo limatulutsa mphukira. Zimatenga masiku 59 kufika poti theka lachita maluwa ndipo masiku 90 kufika pokwima pamene khungu lakuda limakuta maso ake, ndipo pamene masamba ogwira ntchito khumi ndi awiri kufika khumi ndi asanu amatsala pa chomera