Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya

Figure 6

Variables’ PCA plot of quantitative and qualitative traits of H. compressa in Kenya. (a). Variable PCA plot of qualitative traits. FS: fruit shape, FA: fruit apex, FBAS: fruit base, FC.UN: fruit colour-unripe, FC.M: fruit colour-mature, TC: trunk colour, TD: trunk diameter, TB: trunk branching, LC: leaf colour, MRC: mid-rib colour, PC: petiole colour, and PD: pinnae density. (b). Variables PCA of quantitative traits. H: height, LL: leaf length, LB: leaf breadth, PL: petiole length, FL: fruit length, FB: fruit breadth, and FWGT: fruit weight.

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