Effect of the Harvest Date on the Chemical Composition of Patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) Fruits from a Forest Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon

Table 2

Moisture content of the patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) fruits harvested in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Harvest date	Pulp obtention system
	Manual	Mechanic
June	42.19 ± 0.28a	83.92 ± 0.12a
July	39.84 ± 0.26b	87.46 ± 0.33a
August	40.55 ± 0.57b	85.34 ± 0.71a
September	39.63 ± 0.35b	84.69 ± 0.28b
October	36.93 ± 0.42c	81.09 ± 0.40c
November	33.33 ± 0.72d	81.61 ± 0.17c
December	33.38 ± 0.33d	81.29 ± 0.59c
Average	38.06	83.54
SD	3.28	2.49
CV(%)	8.6	2.98

Means followed by the same letters within each column are not statistically different (𝑃<0.05, Tukey test).