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

Table 5

Correlation between quantitative traits of doum palm from Kenya.

	Ht	LL	LB	PL	FL	FB
LL	0.425
LB	0.288	0.270
PL	−0.082	0.031	−0.073
FL	0.501	0.415	0.247	−0.425
FB	0.231	0.121	−0.056	−0.300	0.476
FWGT	0.521	0.345	0.346	−0.378	0.861	0.386

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. H: height, LL: leaf length, LB: leaf breadth, PL: petiole length, FL: fruit length, FB: fruit breadth, and FWGT: fruit weight. Correlation analysis using Pearson’s correlation.