Research Article

Morphological Variability of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. in Togo

Table 11

Mean values of the parameters of the fruit according to the climatic zone.

Climatic zoneLFr (mm)WiFr (mm)WeFr (mg)

Sudanian (OK, FM)Mean ± SD47.76 ± 4.66a6.27 ± 1.10a344.85 ± 82.95ab
Transition (AB)Mean ± SD58.61 ± 5.75b5.43 ± 0.89b372.14 ± 75.46a
Guinean (PA, TO)Mean ± SD51.70 ± 4.34c5.17 ± 0.99b322.28 ± 76.94b
value<2.2.10−161.56.10−70.02066

LFr = length fruit, WiFr = width fruit, WeFr = weight fruit. SD: standard deviation; Test of Tukey: the values followed by the same letter on one column are not significantly different at the threshold of alpha = 0.05. Codes of significance: , , and .