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-provenance | Code | Species | Number of families | Latitude | Longitude | Elevation (m) |
| Malawi | | | | | | | Chikwawa | ML1 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 10 | 16°46′S | 35°17′E | 100–300 | Mangochi | ML2 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 20 | 14°02′S | 34°53′E | 200–600 | Mozambique | | | | | | | Marracuene | MZ1 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 17 | 25°58′S | 32°95′E | 0–200 | Magunde | MZ2 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 20 | 24°95′S | 32°92′E | 0–200 | Moamba | MZ3 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 20 | 25°55′S | 32°55′E | 0–200 | Namibia | | | | | | | Oshikondilingo | N1 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 16 | 17°40′S | 15°40′E | 1030 | Ohangwena | N2 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 15 | 17°35′S | 16°49′E | 1144 | Kalimbeza | N3 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 20 | 17°34′S | 24°31′E | 967 | Zimbabwe | | | | | | | Ngundu | Z1 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 13 | 20°50′S | 32°05′E | 457 | Mudzi | Z2 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 15 | 16°17′S | 32°45′E | 400 | Biriwiri | Z3 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 15 | 19°50′S | 32°40′E | 1500 | Muzarabani | Z4 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 15 | 16°35′S | 32°27′E | 600 | Matabeleland N | Z5 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 14 | 18°00′S | 28°00′E | 996 | Matabeleland S | Z6 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 15 | 21°00′S | 32°01′E | 388 | Swaziland | | | | | | | Kalanga | S1 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 20 | 26°45′S | 31°45′E | 239 | Tanzania | | | | | | | Mkata-Kilosa | T3 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | P | 7°22′S | 37°50′E | 430 | Ubena-Bagamoyo | T4 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | P | 6°11′S | 38°10′E | 305 | Chalinze-Bagamoyo | T5 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | P | 6°55′S | 38°20′E | 550 | Magamba-Turiani | T6 | S. birrea ssp. caffra | 9 | 5°40′S | 38°12′E | 530 | Mali | | | | | | | Missira | M1 | S. birrea ssp. birrea | 19 | 13°43′N | 8°27′W | 352 |
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P = Pooled provenance due to low seedling numbers during trial establishment.
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