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

Table 9

Quantitative traits of H. compressa morphotypes from arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya.

Number trait	Morphotype 1		Morphotype 2		Morphotype 3		Morphotype 4		Morphotype 5
	22 (24.4%)		19 (21.1%)		23 (25.6%)		5 (5.6%)		21 (23.3%)
	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range
Height	8.7	3–12	10	7–18	9.5	5–15	3.96	1.8–6	14	7–20
Leaf breadth	69	30–124	61.7	40–93	77.7	47–108	61.2	55–67	92.62	73–112
Leaf length	98.6	61–152	116.7	79–153	100.6	74–132	87.6	80–95	117	85–161
Petiole length	93.9	52–153	91.8	76–132	98.9	75–124	141.6	127–152	94.95	76–125
Fruit length	6.7	6–7.8	7.4	6.6–8.1	6.98	5.7–8.4	4.97	4.7–5.3	7.6	6.7–8.2
Fruit breadth	6.2	5.3–6.9	6.3	5.7–7.1	6.1	4.7–8.9	4	4.4–5.2	6.1	5.7–7.1
Fruit weight	95.7	80.8–125.6	112.9	97.1–136	104.95	75.4–148.6	53.62	48–63	129.4	109–149
Number (%) per sampling points
Tharaka	4.5		21.1		26.1		0		90.5
Tana River	4.5		57.9		13.0		0		0
Kwale	13.6		0		21.7		100		9.5
Turkana	77.3		21.1		39.1		0		0