Morphological characterization of wild Prunus scoparia Spach accessions in 11 provinces of Iran

The accessions investigated showed significant differences based on the traits (ANOVA, P < 0.01). The majority of the characters (90 out of 100) exhibited a coefficient of variation (CV) of higher than 20.00%, indicating considerable variation among the accessions. The lowest CVs belonged to nut thickness (11.12%), sepal shape (14.43%), nut width (14.43%), current branch leaf apex shape (14.76%), and kernel width (15.57%), while suture opening of the shell showed the highest CV (685%), followed by the marking of the outer shell (171.28%), fruit stigma retention (161.07%), kernel…