Table 6. Bunch composition in the genotypes Bamenda and Kigoma evaluated in Coto, Costa Rica

  n FWT (%) F/B M/F (%) K/F (%) O/M (%) O/B (%)
Bamenda, Cameroon              
D palms 219 8.2 67.2 41.2 14.3 44.8 12.9
T palms 49 6.5 65.5 68.9 14.5 44.1 19.1
Kigoma, Tanzania*              
D palms 96 9.8 71.7 55.7 9.5 50.1 20.2
T palms 115 7.5 68.3 78.4 10.3 50.3 27.0

n =  palms, FWT = fruit weight, F/B = fruit to bunch, M/F = mesocarp to fruit, K/F = kernel to fruit, O/M = oil to mesocarp, O/B = oil to bunch

*  Richardson and Chaves, 1986