Parameters

Part of nut

Bondoukou

Dabakala

Mankono

Max

Min

Mean

Max

Min

Mean

Max

Min

Mean

Mass/g

whole nut

9.22

3.65

6.19 ± 1.45 (a)

8.54

4.37

6.21 ± 1.31 (a)

9.74

3.44

6.24 ± 1.46 (a)

kernel

3.23

0.94

2.16 ± 0.45 (a)

2.79

1.35

1.90 ± 0.33 (b)

2.90

1.07

1.81 ± 0.38 (b)

shell

5.49

2.16

3.74 ± 0.80 (a)

5.52

2.53

3.99 ± 0.71 (a)

6.64

2.14

4.08 ± 1.01 (a)

pellicle

1.80

0.20

0.29 ± 0.23 (a)

0.63

0.18

0.31 ± 0.16 (a)

1.32

0.01

0.35 ± 0.18 (a)

Proportion/%

whole nut

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

kernel

45.18

14.64

34.90 ± 4.96 (a)

38.99

24.35

30.81 ± 3.53 (b)

40.43

18.14

29.27 ± 3.63 (c)

Shell

80.96

49.54

60.21 ± 3.63 (a)

86.19

56.50

64.50 ± 3.46 (b)

73.67

44.58

66.80 ± 4.08 (c)

pellicle

28.04

2.64

5.40 ± 3.59 (a)

19.02

2.27

5.04 ± 2.14 (a)

26.72

0.20

5.67 ± 3.31 (a)