. 2007 Jul 25;100(5):1101–1115. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm126

Table 1.

Mean ± s.e. of morphological characters of pods and seeds of Leucaena esculenta subsp. esculenta in individuals of wild and managed in situ populations in Alcozauca (populations Wild 1 and Managed in situ 1) and Amapilca (populations Wild 2 and Managed in situ 2) in la Montaña de Guerrero, Mexico

	Population
Character	Wild 1	Wild 2	Managed 1	Managed 2	P
Seed length (cm)	0·795 ± 0·018^a	0·755 ± 0·018^a	0·894 ± 0·018^b	0·896 ± 0·018^b	< 0·0001
Seed width (cm)	0·595 ± 0·018^a	0·564 ± 0·018^a	0·728 ± 0·018^b	0·767 ± 0·018^b	< 0·0001
Seed thickness (cm)	0·215 ± 0·005^b	0·188 ± 0·005^a	0·212 ± 0·005^b	0·212 ± 0·018^b	0·0008
Seed chamber length (cm)	0·646 ± 0·026^a	0·687 ± 0·026^a	0·782 ± 0·026^b	0·888 ± 0·026^c	< 0·0001
Seed chamber width (cm)	1·164 ± 0·043^b	1·021 ± 0·043^a	1·302 ± 0·043^c	1·329 ± 0·043^c	< 0·0001
Pod length (cm)	12·876 ± 0·610^a	12·879 ± 0·610^a	14·891 ± 0·610^b	15·284 ± 0·610^b	0·0062
Pod width (cm)	1·642 ± 0·054^a	1·538 ± 0·054^a	1·835 ± 0·054^b	1·918 ± 0·054^b	< 0·0001
Pod thickness (cm)	0·424 ± 0·012^c	0·349 ± 0·012^a	0·396 ± 0·012^bc	0·389 ± 0·012^b	0·0003
Pod peduncle length (cm)	1·022 ± 0·046^a	1·064 ± 0·046^ab	1·230 ± 0·046^c	1·192 ± 0·046^bc	0·0045
Locules number	14·92 ± 0·501^ab	14·668 ± 0·501^ab	14·543 ± 0·501^a	15·99 ± 0·501^b	0·1674
Septum thickness (cm)	0·147 ± 0·009^bc	0·130 ± 0·009^ab	0·160 ± 0·009^c	0·110 ± 0·009^a	0·0022
Pod margin thickness (cm)	0·205 ± 0·007^b	0·286 ± 0·007^d	0·229 ± 0·007^c	0·179 ± 0·007^a	< 0·0001
Seed number	12·385 ± 0·524^a	12·680 ± 0·524^a	12·213 ± 0·524^a	14·416 ± 0·524^b	0·0144
Aborted seeds number	2·515 ± 0·238^b	1·958 ± 0·238^ab	2·356 ± 0·238^b	1·574 ± 0·238^a	0·0297
Predated seeds number	3·933 ± 0·809^a	1·752 ± 0·809^a	6·724 ± 0·809^b	11·22 ± 0·809^c	< 0·0001

Different letters indicate significant differences between means; n = 20 individuals per populations.