Research Article

Morphological Variability of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. in Togo

Table 9

Mean values of the terminal leaflet features of populations. .

Final leaflet measurements (mm)Oti-Kéran (OK)Fazao-Malfakassa (FM)Abdoulaye (AB)Togodo (TO)Plateau Akposso (AK)

Length (LFle)Mean ± SD69.5 ± 16.5b86.9 ± 19.2a79.9 ± 14.5ab90.3 ± 22.3a81.7 ± 0.5a
Width (FleW)Mean ± SD35.8 ±  9.3c38.1 ± 9.5bc38.9 ± 9.4bc50.3 ± 11.4a42.7 ± 12.1b
Length little petiole (LpeFle)Mean ± SD4.50 ± 1.42b5.56 ± 1.78a4.70 ± 0.85b4.94 ± 1.47ab4.46 ± 1.23b

SD: standard deviation; test of Tukey: the values followed by the same letter on one line are not significantly different at the threshold of alpha = 0.05.