Morphological Variation and Ecological Structure of Iroko (Milicia excelsa Welw. C.C. Berg) Populations across Different Biogeographical Zones in Benin

Table 4

Morphological variation of the twelve studied Milicia excelsa populations.

Populations	DBH/TH	DBH/BH	DBH/CD	LL	LW	MFL	MFW	FFL	FFW	𝐷 (Ni/ha)	𝐺 (m²/ha)
Aplahoue	0.0296b	0.0138d	0.0677f	15.943d	9.755d	8.844a	0.5a	4.555b	1.8556b	6.00	2.05
Bante	0.0636d	0.0163c	0.0476c	13.16b	8.68c	9.511a	0.5a	4.733b	2b	1.00	0.19
Basssila	0.0399c	0.0848a	0.0323a	14.46c	7.44b	11.5c	0.65c	6c	2.36c	1.00	0.70
Biro	0.0346c	0.0892a	0.0458c	14.9c	7.767b	12.833c	0.6b	5.217b	2.217b	1.00	0.68
Bohicon	0.0661d	0.0205c	0.0667f	12.377b	8.022c	9.6b	0.7c	4.789b	1.933b	2.00	0.35
Djougou	0.0348c	0.0825a	0.0406b	14.043c	7.957b	8.886a	0.533b	3.057b	1.686a	1.00	0.46
Ketou	0.0320c	0.0797b	0.0512d	13.043c	7.357b	9.071a	0.514b	4.871b	2.071b	1.00	0.24
Lokossa	0.0305b	0.0147d	0.0578e	15.69d	9.64d	10.76b	0.54b	4.02b	1.73b	9.00	2.0
Niaouli	0.0222a	0.0102e	0.0516d	18.933e	11.844e	14.2d	0.66b	5.98b	1.8b	2.00	1.25
Sakete	0.0854e	0.0191c	0.0635e	12b	8.2c	12.5c	0.56b	5.357b	2b	2.00	0.89
Save	0.0292b	0.0128d	0.0457c	16.867d	10.417d	12.667c	0.578b	3.833b	2b	1.00	0.57
Tamarou	0.0390c	0.0902a	0.0430b	10.371a	6.757a	10.328b	0.586b	3.5a	1.814b	1.00	0.61

Diameter at breast height (DBH), total height (TH), bole height (BH), crown diameter (CD), leaf length (LL), leaf width (LW), male flowers length (MFL), male flower width (MFW), female flowers length (FFL), female flower width (FFW), and stand basal area (G).