Research Article
Phenotypic Diversity of Doum Palm (Hyphaene compressa), a Semi‐Domesticated Palm in the Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions of Kenya
Table 6
Fruit and vegetative qualitative traits of Kenyan doum palm accessions.
| | Trait | Category | Tharaka % | Tana River % | Kwale % | Turkana % |
| | Trunk colour | Dark brown colour | 16.7 | — | — | 10 | | Pale colour | 26.7 | 100 | — | 6.7 | | Ashy colour | 56.7 | — | 100 | 88.3 |
| | Trunk diameter | Thick | 53.3 | — | 26.7 | 16.7 | | Medium | 46.7 | 80 | 40 | 88.3 | | Thin | — | 20 | 33.3 | — |
| | Trunk branching | No branching | — | 13.3 | 46.7 | 6.7 | | 2-trunk branching | 66.7 | 80 | 40 | 60 | | More than 2 branching | 33.3 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 10 |
| | Leaf colour | Dark green | 36.7 | — | — | 6.7 | | Green | 63.3 | — | 100 | 46.7 | | Light green | — | 100 | — | 46.7 |
| | Mid-rib colour | Green | — | — | — | 23.3 | | Yellow green | 100 | 100 | 100 | 76.7 |
| | Petiole colour | Green with black stripes | 33.3 | — | 6.7 | 80 | | Green | 16.7 | — | 26.7 | 16.7 | | Yellow with black stripes | 20 | 100 | — | — | | Brown with black stripes | 30 | — | 66.7 | 3.3 |
| | Pinnae density | Very dense | 100 | — | — | 3.3 | | Dense | — | 100 | 53.3 | 96.7 | | Lax | | — | 46.7 | — |
| | Fruit shape | Round oblong | 100 | 93.3 | 33.3 | 100 | | Obviate | — | 6.7 | 33.3 | — | | Ovate | — | — | 33.3 | — |
| | Fruit apex | Truncate | 100 | 100 | 66.7 | 100 | | Depressed | — | — | 33.3 | — |
| | Fruit base | Truncate | 100 | 100 | 33.3 | 100 | | Acute | — | — | 66.7 | — |
| | Fruit colour-unripe | Green | 100 | 100 | 100 | 56.7 | | Maroon | — | — | — | 43.3 |
| | Fruit colour when mature | Reddish-brown | — | 100 | 6.7 | 56.7 | | Brown | 30 | — | 60 | 43.3 | | Orange-brown | 63.3 | — | — | — | | Orange | 6.7 | — | 33.3 | — |
|
|