. 2014 Jul 7;5:318. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00318

Table 2.

Mean, range, and coefficient of variation (CV; %) for the plant and fruit descriptors studied in the scarlet eggplant complex (S. aethiopicum and S. anguivi) and gboma eggplant complex (S. macrocarpon and S. dasyphyllum) accessions, and significance of the differences between complex means.

Descriptors^a	Scarlet eggplant (n = 63)			Gboma eggplant (n = 12)
	Mean	Range	CV	Mean^b	Range	CV
PLANT DESCRIPTORS
Plant Height (cm)	148	74–208	20.3	95^***	50-129	26.3
Hypocotyl Anthocyanins Intensity	1.44	0.00–9.00	195.8	1.00^ns	0.00–7.00	209.0
Shoot Tip Anthocyanins Intensity	1.52	0.00–9.00	180.3	1.17^ns	0.00–7.00	199.1
Stem Diameter (cm)	2.77	1.50–4.20	23.1	2.66^ns	2.00–3.25	15.0
Angle Between Main Branches	2.65	1.00–5.00	35.8	3.84^***	1.00–5.00	34.9
Leaf Pedicel Length (cm)	5.66	2.33–12.80	40.3	1.59^***	0.53–2.67	56.0
Leaf Blade Length (mm)	21.9	9.67–34.2	20.0	33.3^***	26.2–40.0	14.2
Leaf Blade Breadth (cm)	16.7	7.0–31.0	24.6	20.0^*	14.8–25.0	19.5
Leaf Blade Lobing	4.40	1.00–7.40	25.0	6.13^***	4.20–9.00	26.3
Leaf Surface Shape	2.59	1.00–5.80	74.9	5.00^***	1.00–9.00	34.2
Leaf Prickles	0.48	0.00–6.60	322.9	1.66^*	0.00–9.00	163.3
Length of Largest Leaf Prickle (cm)	0.14	0.00–2.06	328.6	0.42^ns	0.00–1.45	131.0
Number of Flowers per Inflorescence	3.34	1.00–12.6	83.5	3.66^ns	1.20–5.40	36.9
Corolla Color	2.81	1.00–3.50	25.6	6.00^***	5.00–7.00	17.3
Number of Sepals	5.66	5.00–7.00	9.5	5.27^*	5.00–6.00	7.2
Number of Petals	5.62	5.00–8.00	10.7	5.19^*	5.00–6.00	7.3
Number of Stamens	5.98	5.00–8.00	14.9	5.29^*	5.00–6.00	8.1
Corolla Diameter (mm)	19.2	11.1–33.3	21.4	38.0^***	23.5–55.3	23.9
FRUIT DESCRIPTORS
Weight (g)	48	1–351	147.9	111^**	22–177	43.2
Length (cm)	3.59	1.10–7.65	36.2	4.99^***	2.97–6.70	19.6
Breadth (cm)	4.42	1.16–11.14	50.0	6.66^**	3.83–8.46	20.6
Perimeter (cm)	13.9	3.9–30.0	41.0	20.2^***	11.9–25.2	20.8
Area (cm²)	13.0	1.1–40.3	66.9	27.1^***	9.3–41.4	37.6
Width Mid-height (cm)	4.20	1.21–9.72	45.7	6.55^***	3.79–8.44	23.1
Maximum Width (cm)	4.24	1.21–9.90	46.2	6.60^***	3.81–8.49	23.0
Height Mid-width (cm)	3.18	1.07–7.06	39.6	4.58^***	2.94–6.79	23.6
Maximum Height (cm)	3.58	1.10–7.17	36.0	4.96^***	3.03–6.92	23.0
Fruit Shape Index External I	0.93	0.54–1.89	36.6	0.77^ns	0.68–1.34	23.4
Fruit Shape Index External II	0.87	0.32–1.92	46.0	0.72^ns	0.60–1.32	26.4
Proximal Fruit Blockiness	0.66	0.46–0.79	12.1	0.74^***	0.68–0.80	5.4
Distal Fruit Blockiness	0.64	0.39–0.76	12.5	0.62^ns	0.57–0.65	3.2
Fruit Shape Triangle	1.07	0.69–1.76	18.7	1.20^*	1.07–1.32	6.7
Ellipsoid	0.07	0.02–0.33	100.0	0.05^ns	0.03–0.07	20.0
Circular	0.14	0.02–0.38	64.3	0.15^ns	0.08–0.28	33.3
Rectangular	0.52	0.44–0.61	7.7	0.52^ns	0.46–0.55	5.8
Shoulder Height	0.03	0.00–0.14	133.3	0.03^ns	0.01–0.05	33.3
Distal End Protrusion	0.02	0.00–0.17	150.0	0.01^ns	0.00–0.02	100.0
Obovoid	0.07	0.00–0.21	71.4	0.01^***	0.00–0.05	100.0
Ovoid	0.08	0.00–0.23	75.0	0.15^***	0.08–0.19	20.0
Width Widest Pos	0.49	0.39–0.59	8.2	0.45^**	0.42–0.49	4.4
Eccentricity	0.71	0.44–0.79	14.1	0.74^ns	0.69–0.78	4.1
Proximal Eccentricity	0.89	0.81–0.96	1.2	0.89^ns	0.89–0.89	0.0
Distal Eccentricity	0.88	0.77–0.90	2.3	0.89^ns	0.88–0.89	0.0
Fruit Shape Index Internal	0.86	0.31–1.60	44.2	0.72^ns	0.60–1.32	26.4
Eccentricity Area Index	0.44	0.34–0.61	15.9	0.43^ns	0.38–0.46	4.7

See Table 1 for definition of descriptors.

^{b***, **, *, ns}

indicate, respectively, significant at P < 0.001, P < 0.01, P < 0.05, or non-significant differences between scarlet and gboma eggplant complexes means, according to a two-tailed t-test.