**" Abunara "**

*(synonymy: Marsalesa, Marsalese, Marsalisa, Nuciddara, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (7,18 ± 0,85)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,06 ± 3,11)** Purpose: **table**

## *Morphological characters*

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **strong**  Growth habit: **spreading-erect**  Canopy-density: **dense** 

#### *Leaf characters*

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,36 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,46 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,62 ± 0,88)** Number of flowers: **low (16,31 ± 1,66)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (6,28 ± 0,45)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent**  Lenticels: **few and large** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **very high (0,77 ± 0,03)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

22 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

## *Biochemical Characters*

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Arnasca "** *(synonymy: Pignola di Arnasco)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 23

Areal distribution or origin area: **Liguria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,12 ± 1,13)**  Oil content (%): **medium (41,79 ± 1,16)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,38 ± 0,56)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,42 ± 0,11)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,20 ± 1,35)** Number of flowers: **medium (19,76 ± 2,96)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,09 ± 0,52)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,34 ± 0,05)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium-weak**  Growth habit: **drooping**  Canopy-density: **dense** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent**

Symmetry: **slightly** 

Lenticels: **few and small** 

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** 

*Inflorescence characters*

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.


## *Molecular Markers*

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.


#### **References:**

1 - Bottari V., Spina P. In: *Le varietà di olivo coltivate in Sicilia*, Ann. Sper. Agr. (1953), 7: pp. 937-1004.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Perri E. *HortScience,* (2009), 44: pp. 582-588.
