Research Article

Morphological Variability of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. in Togo

Table 13

Mean values of the seeds’ parameters according to the climatic zone.

Climatic zoneLS (mm)WiS (mm)WeS (mg)

Sudanian (OK, FM)Mean ± SD9.49 ± 1.16a2.31 ± 0.60a72.45 ± 21.56a
Transition (AB)Mean ± SD9.15 ± 1.23b2.43 ± 0.61b66.13 ± 22.19b
Guinean (PA, TO)Mean ± SD9.10 ± 1.16b2.37 ± 0.63ab67.01 ± 16.67b
value1.784.10−70.01892.133.10−6

LS = length of seed, WiS = width of seed, WeS = weight of seed. 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 .