Table 7. Vegetative characteristics and bunch composition in the dura descendants of wild palms brought from the highlands of Bamenda and Kigoma, planted in 1994 in Coto, Costa Rica.

Female Progenitor  
FFB (kg) THT (cm) LLG (cm) M/F (%) O/B (%) OHAY (t)
Bamenda, Cameroon 93.8 57 472 40.5 11.6 1.5
Kigoma, Tanzania 184.6 68 522 54.0 18.8 4.9

FFB = fresh fruit bunches/year, THT = trunk height, LLG = leaf length, M/F = mesocarp to fruit, O/B = oil to bunch, OHAY = oil/ha/year