Component 1: Ligule shape (0.97)*, Leaf blade pubescence (0.90), Ligule length (0.90), PAMA** (0.88), PAB*** (0.77), Rattoon potential (0.74), Leaf blade colour (0.65). Component 2: Leaf width (0.80), # tillers per plant (−0.79), # panicles per plant (−0.79), Seed width (0.71), Leaf blade colour (0.50). Glab: glaberrima, Ind: indica, Jap: japonica, Clusters 4-1 and 4-2: farmer hybrids. GB: Guinea Bissau, SL: Sierra Leone (north: N south: S), Gc: Guinea Conakry, Sg: Senegal, Gh: Ghana, Tg: Togo. *(): value of the correlation of the trait with the component. **: Panicle Attitude of Main Axis. ***: Panicle Attitude of Branches.