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http://dx.doi.org/10.7747/JFES.2022.38.4.275

Pattern of Sexual Dimorphism in Garcinia kola (Heckel) Plantation  

Henry Onyebuchi, Okonkwo (Swamp Forest Research Station Onne, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria)
Godwin Ejakhe, Omokhua (Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt)
Uzoma Darlington, Chima (Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Port Harcourt)
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Journal of Forest and Environmental Science / v.38, no.4, 2022 , pp. 275-283 More about this Journal
Abstract
A study was designed to investigate the pattern of sexual dimorphism in a plantation of Garcinia kola. Twenty trees were randomly selected for the study and have been observed to flower regularly. A total of 100 inflorescence were randomly collected from the crown of each tree and 500 flowers randomly assessed within the period of four (4) flowering seasons. Floral sex assessment was done visually and with a hand magnifying lens; floral morphometric measurements (i.e. pedicel and perianth length and breadth), inflorescence length, and breadth) was taken using a veneer caliper; number of flowers per inflorescence and inflorescence per twig was counted; while, data analysis was conducted on excel using analysis of variance and pairwise t-test comparison. Four floral sexes were identified in the G. kola plantation studied which were unisexual male flowers, unisexual female flowers, cosexual unisexual male flowers, and cosexual hermaphrodite flowers. Three tree sexes were identified viz: inconstant male, invariant female, and cosexual trees. The plantation was significantly sexually dimorphic in floral sex and phenotypic traits (i.e. pedicel and perianth size), and as well as sexually dimorphic in tree sex and reproductive phenotypic traits (i.e. inflorescence size, number of inflorescences per twig, and number of flower bud per inflorescence). The sexual system of the plantation was therefore trioecious with features suggestive of evolving dioecy through the gynodioecious pathway.
Keywords
pistillode; invariant-female; gynodioecy; inconstant-male; staminode;
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