Morphological Variations in Tamarindus indica LINN. Fruits and Seed Traits in the Different Agroecological Zones of Uganda

Table 2

T. indica fruits and seeds morphological/quantitative traits.

Morphology Traits	Unit	Measures	Three Agro-ecological Zones			Land Use Types
			Lake Victoria C.	Eastern	West Nile	Wild	On-farm
Fruit length	(cm)	Min – Max	4.30 - 29.80	4.20 - 22.50	4.30 - 24.10
		Mean±SD	11.73±3.3	10.67±2.9	12.48±2.9	12.00±0.51	11.40±0.45
Fruit breadth	(cm)	Min – Max	1.10 - 3.00	1.20 - 2.60	1.30 - 2.70
		Mean±SD	1.98±0.3	1.76±0.3	1.87±2.0	1.90±0.21	1.80±0.05
Fruit mass	(g)	Min – Max	1.40 - 56.80	2.40 - 45.60	2.00 - 32.50
		Mean±SD	14.30±7.4	13.40±6.1	13.17±5.3	13.80±0.49	13.60±0.86
Pulp mass	(g)	Min – Max	0.19 - 22.00	0.94 - 19.30	0.27 - 15.80
		Mean±SD	4.58±2.8	5.25±2.8	5.24±2.4	5.20±0.36	4.90±0.15
Total seed No.	#	Min – Max	1 - 15	1 – 17	1 – 14
		Mean±SD	5.59±2.8	5.84±2.7	6.53±2.8	5.90±0.59	6.10±0.67
Total seeds mass per fruit	(g)	Min – Max	0.18 - 17.15	0.19 - 11.93	0.20 - 12.20
		Mean±SD	4.22±2.5	3.36±1.9	3.88±2.1	3.80±0.15	3.90±0.27

Same superscript letters in each row are not statistically significant according to LSD test at P≤0.05.