Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya
Table 4
Mean for quantitative traits of doum palm in sampled regions of Kenya.
Trait
Tharaka
Tana river
Kwale
Turkana
value
Mean ± se
Mean ± se
Mean ± se
Mean ± se
Height (H)
13.5 ± 3.73a
9.93 ± 2.58b
5.65 ± 2.28c
9.16 ± 1.94b
8.24e − 13
Leaf length (LL)
114.73 ± 26.25a
120.2 ± 22.78a
96.2 ± 11.72b
96.93 ± b
0.000473
Leaf breadth (LB)
89.47 ± 13.12a
55.87 ± 7.73c
73.33 ± 12.53b
69.63 ± 20.3b
3.24e − 09
Petiole length (PL)
92.47 ± 12.06b
93.27 ± 13.7ab
109 ± 24.94a
99.33 ± 23.38ab
0.0426
Fruit length (FL)
7.59 ± 0.34a
7.64 ± 0.3a
6.33 ± 1.36b
6.56 ± 0.25b
6.32e − 12
Fruit breadth (FB)
6.031 ± 0.227a
6.27 ± 0.228a
5.6 ± 0.798b
6.32 ± 0.40a
6.36e − 06
Fruit weight (FWGT)
127.6 ± 11.24a
111.53 ± 9.3b
91.73 ± 34.94c
92.37 ± 9.11c
2.09e − 12
Same letters within the row indicate no significant difference between the means while different letters indicate a significant difference between the means at = 5% significance codes = 0.01 and = 0.000. The Games–Howell post hoc test was used for multiple comparison.
