Domestication potential of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra)in South Africa and Namibia: 1. Phenotypic variation in fruit traits

By R. Leakey, S. Shackleton, P. D. Plessis. Agroforestry Systems, 2005

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Patterns of harvesting foliage and bark from the multipurpose tree Khaya senegalensis in Benin: Variation across ecological regions and its impacts on population structure (2007, methodology): “To compare dbh class distributions between the 12 study populations, we used the coefficient of skewness of the distribution (Condit et al., 1998; Zar, 1999; Leakey et al., 2005).”
Invisible But Viable: Recognising Local Markets for Non-Timber Forest Products (2007, background): “In Bushbuckridge, South Africa many households have planted marula trees in their home gardens and fields (Shackleton et al. 2003), with trees around settled areas showing distinctive traits that suggest a long process of selection (Leakey et al. 2005).”
DOMESTICATING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY REDUCTION (2006, background): “…trees is significantly higher from village trees than protected area trees, and the fresh mass of individual fruits and mean kernel mass are also greater - suggesting some degree of historical selection of the trees in the homesteads and fields (Shackleton et al. 2003, Leakey et al. 2005a/b).”
Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods (2005, background): “Mean fruit size is also greater from trees in these farms, again with some evidence for domestication by farmers (Leakey, 2005; Leakey et al., 2005a, 2005b).”