Table 3.

Fruit characteristics of the parental species and allopolyploids.

Plant material	Ploidy	Weight, g ± se	Fruit characteristics
			Spiny peel	Peel color	Flesh color
Parental species
H. megalanthus*	4x	267 ± 17	+	Yellow	White
H. undatus *	2x	372 ± 11	−	Red	White
Cross combination ♀ × ♂
H. megalanthus × H. undatus	4-5x	ND**	+	Yellow-orange	White
	5x	133.5 ± 3	+	Yellow-orange	White
	5-6x	ND**	+	Yellow-orange	White
	6x	87 ± 3	+	Yellow-orange	White

*Data previously reported by Lichtenzveig et al. (2000) and Tel-Zur et al. (2011). **ND, not determined.