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

Table 7

Principal component analysis of qualitative traits of doum palm in arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya.

	Principal components
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
FS	0.77	−0.15	0.40	−0.16	−0.18	0.11	0.04	0.32	−0.01	0.09	−0.19	0
FA	0.80	−0.20	−0.40	0.33	0.10	0.11	−0.14	−0.04	0.09	−0.03	0.02	0
FBAS	0.80	−0.20	−0.40	0.33	0.10	0.11	−0.14	−0.04	0.09	−0.03	0.02	0
FC.UN	−0.07	0.39	0.42	0.36	0.63	0.11	−0.06	−0.23	−0.04	0.23	−0.08	0
FC.M	0.12	−0.70	0.61	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.11	0.10	0.26	0.17	0
TC	0.32	0.13	0.35	0.56	−0.16	−0.55	0.30	−0.06	0.10	−0.09	−0.01	0
TD	0.49	0.31	0.40	−0.38	−0.03	0.37	0.25	−0.29	0.20	−0.15	0.04	0
TB	−0.53	−0.12	−0.35	0.41	0.10	0.38	0.43	0.23	0.12	0.03	−0.01	0
LC	0.07	0.76	−0.25	−0.27	0.15	−0.21	−0.07	0.25	0.35	0.15	0.03	0
MRC	0.09	−0.43	0.09	−0.29	0.76	−0.18	0.09	0.17	−0.01	−0.25	0.00	0
PC	0.28	−0.39	−0.58	−0.39	0.06	−0.23	0.29	−0.26	−0.04	0.26	−0.04	0
PD	0.63	0.61	−0.07	0.00	0.07	0.05	0.19	0.18	−0.37	0.05	0.12	0
Proportion of variance
	0.25	0.18	0.15	0.11	0.09	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.01	0
Cumulative percentage
	0.25	0.43	0.59	0.69	0.79	0.85	0.89	0.94	0.94	0.97	0.99	1

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.