Research Article

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

Table 2

Mean number of fruits per tree for fruiting trees per provenance.

Country-provenanceCodeMean number of fruits

Mali
 MissiraM1140 ± 20
Malawi
 ChikwawaML1542 ± 143
 MangochiML2352 ± 120
Mozambique
 Marracuene MZ12124 ± 198
 Magunde MZ22196 ± 200
 Moamba MZ32134 ± 290
Namibia
 Oshikondilingo N1249 ± 52
 Ohangwena N2664 ± 24
 Kalimbeza N3353 ± 117
Swaziland
 KalangaS1214 ± 72
Tanzania
 MagambaT6194 ± 47
 Bulked ProvenancesT3, T4, T5607 ± 210
Zimbabwe
 Ngundu Z1778 ± 127
 Mudzi Z2904 ± 529
 Biriwiri Z3545 ± 135
 Muzarabani Z4489 ± 206
 Matabeleland N Z5438 ± 83
 Matabeleland S Z61435 ± 604
Grand mean1163 ± 203
CV (%)63.9

Note: mean values are followed by standard errors; means with different superscript within a column significantly differ ().