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

Table 2

Quantitative and qualitative descriptors used for the morphological characterization of doum palm.

Plant part	Descriptor
	Quantitative traits	Qualitative traits
Whole plant	Height (in m)
Trunk		Colour (dark brown, pale, ashy); Diameter (thick, medium, thin),; Branching pattern (None, 2 trunk branching, more than 2)
Leaves	Length (cm),; Breadth (cm),; petiole length (cm),	Colour (dark green, green, light green); Mid-rib colour (green, yellow green); Pinnae density (very dense, dense, lax); Petiole colour (green with black stripes, green, light green, yellow with black stripes, brown with black stripes)
Fruit	Length (cm),; width (cm),; weight (gm)	Shape (round oblong, obviate, ovate),; Fruit apex (truncate, depressed),; Fruit base (truncate, acute),; Unripe fruit colour (green, maroon),; Mature fruit colour (reddish-brown, brown, orange-brown, orange)

Reference [16].