Research Article

Phenotypic Variation in Fruit Morphology among Provenances of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.

Table 1

Site characteristics of the original place of the fruiting provenances.

Country-provenanceCodeSpeciesNumber of familiesLatitudeLongitudeElevation (m)

Malawi
 Chikwawa ML1S. birrea ssp. caffra1016°46′S35°17′E100–300
 Mangochi ML2S. birrea ssp. caffra2014°02′S34°53′E200–600
Mozambique
 Marracuene MZ1S. birrea ssp. caffra1725°58′S32°95′E0–200
 Magunde MZ2S. birrea ssp. caffra2024°95′S32°92′E0–200
 Moamba MZ3S. birrea ssp. caffra2025°55′S32°55′E0–200
Namibia
 Oshikondilingo N1S. birrea ssp. caffra1617°40′S15°40′E1030
 Ohangwena N2S. birrea ssp. caffra1517°35′S16°49′E1144
 Kalimbeza N3S. birrea ssp. caffra2017°34′S24°31′E967
Zimbabwe
 Ngundu Z1S. birrea ssp. caffra1320°50′S32°05′E457
 Mudzi Z2S. birrea ssp. caffra1516°17′S32°45′E400
 Biriwiri Z3S. birrea ssp. caffra1519°50′S32°40′E1500
 Muzarabani Z4S. birrea ssp. caffra1516°35′S32°27′E600
 Matabeleland N Z5S. birrea ssp. caffra1418°00′S28°00′E996
 Matabeleland S Z6S. birrea ssp. caffra1521°00′S32°01′E388
Swaziland
 KalangaS1S. birrea ssp. caffra2026°45′S31°45′E239
Tanzania
 Mkata-KilosaT3S. birrea ssp. caffraP7°22′S37°50′E430
 Ubena-BagamoyoT4S. birrea ssp. caffraP6°11′S38°10′E305
 Chalinze-BagamoyoT5S. birrea ssp. caffraP6°55′S38°20′E550
 Magamba-Turiani T6S. birrea ssp. caffra95°40′S38°12′E530
Mali
 Missira M1S. birrea ssp. birrea1913°43′N8°27′W352

P = Pooled provenance due to low seedling numbers during trial establishment.