Research Article

Morphological Variability of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. in Togo

Table 6

Mean values of dendrometric parameters according to the climate zone.

Climate zoneMH (m)TH (m)DIA (cm)

Sudanian (OK + FM)Mean ± SD6.2 ± 1.41a16.63 ± 4.15a38.82 ± 10.55a
Transition (AB)Mean ± SD5.97 ± 2.20a13.3 ± 2.47b38.72 ± 9.37a
Guinean (PA + TO)Mean ± SD4.34 ± 1.41b12.28 ± 2.32b28.82 ± 8.52b
value1.033.10−88.229.10−116.601.10−8

MH = merchantable height (m); TH = total height (m); DIA = diameter to 1.30 m from the soil (cm);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 .