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

Table 3

Variation in fruit traits characteristics among fruiting provenances in Malawi.

Provenance	Fruit weight (g)	Seed weight (g)	Pulp (g)	Fruit length (cm)	Fruit diameter (cm)
Mali
Missira	11.37 ± 0.34	2.65 ± 0.43	8.72 ± 0.63	1.75 ± 0.17	1.4 ± 0.17
Malawi
Chikwawa	18.22 ± 1.78	3.61 ± 0.25	14.61 ± 1.7	2.34 ± 0.10	2.01 ± 0.10
Mangochi	25.70 ± 0.08	4.81 ± 0.35	20.89 ± 0.25	2.61 ± 0.14	2.33 ± 0.15
Mozambique
Marracuene	18.31 ± 0.32	3.64 ± 0.12	14.67 ± 0.31	2.22 ± 0.05	1.83 ± 0.05
Moamba	25.67 ± 0.67	4.12 ± 0.18	21.55 ± 0.83	2.33 ± 0.07	1.97 ± 0.08
Magunde	15.66 ± 0.58	2.96 ± 0.20	12.70 ± 0.60	2.24 ± 0.08	1.89 ± 0.08
Namibia
Oshikondilingo	18.00 ± 0.75	3.25 ± 0.43	14.76 ± 0.89	2.60 ± 0.17	2.10 ± 0.17
Kalimbeza	16.91 ± 0.25	3.16 ± 0.43	13.75 ± 0.31	2.32 ± 0.17	1.91 ± 0.17
Ohangwena	19.84 ± 0.84	2.67 ± 0.20	17.17 ± 0.80	2.26 ± 0.08	1.88 ± 0.08
Swaziland
Kalanga	17.15 ± 1.14	3.89 ± 0.27	13.26 ± 1.28	2.15 ± 0.13	1.7 ± 0.11
Tanzania
Pooled	12.66 ± 0.96	2.76 ± 0.23	9.90 ± 0.93	1.91 ± 0.09	1.53 ± 0.09
Magamba	15.35 ± 1.21	3.54 ± 0.27	11.81 ± 1.24	2.15 ± 0.11	1.89 ± 0.08
Zimbabwe
Ngundu	24.40 ± 1.54	4.49 ± 0.23	19.91 ± 1.68	2.75 ± 0.07	2.28 ± 0.07
Mudzi	13.08 ± 1.89	4.34 ± 0.54	8.75 ± 2.43	2.45 ± 0.17	1.95 ± 0.17
Biriwiri	18.04 ± 0.34	3.42 ± 0.60	14.62 ± 0.94	2.30 ± 0.17	1.60 ± 0.17
Muzarabani	20.17 ± 1.23	3.16 ± 0.18	17.00 ± 1.38	2.27 ± 0.14	1.93 ± 0.14
Matabeleland (N)	24.01 ± 2.25	3.84 ± 0.25	20.16 ± 2.15	2.45 ± 0.10	1.91 ± 0.10
Matabeleland (S)	20.72 ± 0.44	3.22 ± 0.10	17.5 ± 1.39	2.56 ± 0.12	2.17 ± 0.12
Grand mean	19.34 ± 0.28	3.60 ± 0.16	15.75 ± 0.21	2.31 ± 0.16	1.91 ± 0.07
CV (%)	16.40	17.00	20.80	10.60	12.80

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