Variables

Group I

(N = 25)

Group II

(N = 23)

Group III

(N = 46)

F

P

Trunk diameter (Dm) cm

34.65 ± 9.53^c

60.47 ± 6.29^a

42.17 ± 9.44^b

51.92

<0.001^***

Height of first branch (HtF) m

6.09 ± 7.31^ab

7.34 ± 3.08^a

4.56 ± 2.23^b

3.32

0.041*

Sheet width (largF) mm

4.59 ± 1.09^ab

4.51 ± 0.95^b

5.55 ± 2.11^a

4.34

0.016*

Petiole length (LgP) mm

1.36 ± 0.23^a

1.30 ± 0.19^a

1.43 ± 0.43^a

1.20

0.306^ns

Width of the petiole (larP) mm

0.21 ± 0.04^ab

0.20 ± 0.03^b

0.24 ± 0.07^a

4.01

0.020 *

Fruit height (HFr) mm

53.27 ± 15.25^c

67.69 ± 6.26^b

76.90 ± 9.10^a

40.51

<0.001^***

Seed mass (Mgr) g

7.14 ± 2.57^b

8.17 ± 2.99^a

4.49 ± 2.24^c

7.28

<0.001^***

Number of seeds per fruit (Ngr)

2.05 ± 0.89^a

1.81 ± 0.66^a

2.23 ± 0.98^a

1.63

0.202^ns