Figure 1

Some qualitative features of Bambara groundnut seeds: large and irregular eye pattern [two thick line join together forming an almost triangular shape a (top left), a (down left), & d]; thin and sharp circle around the eye and very light strip with creamy seedcoat [b (top right)]; No eye pattern [a (down right), a (top right), a (centre), b (top left, down left, down right, centre) & c]; Black stripped on one side of hilum [a (top left)]; Marbled with reddish seed coat [b (centre)]; Few rhomboid spots on one side of hilum (c); many rhomboid spots almost covering the entire hilum of both side [a (down right), b (top left)]; brownish seed coat [a (centre)]; cream seed coat [b (down right)]; dark reddish seed coat [b (down left)]; black seed coat [a (top right)]; cream with blackish seed coat (d).