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(single fruit). It has also the widest cotyledonous leaf width (8.58 mm), the longest<br />

fruit length (4.77 cm) and widest fruit breadth (5.26 cm).<br />

Cluster IV: the forth cluster is the smallest cluster; there is only one accession<br />

(TS014474-B) of S. melongena collected in Thailand. The uniqueness of this cluster is<br />

characterized by having the smallest plant breadth (49.00 cm).<br />

Cluster V: the fifth cluster is a second largest group consisting of 17<br />

homogeneous accessions, belong to S. ferox. This account for the 24.63 % of the total<br />

accessions stratified. Cluster V was divided into 2 subclusters. Subcluster A consist of<br />

12 accessions (17.39 %) which 6 accessions collected in Thailand, 5 accessions<br />

collected in Laos and one accession in Malaysia. Subcluster B consist of 5 accessions<br />

(7.25 %) which 2 accessions collected in Thailand, 2 accessions collected in Malaysia<br />

and one accession collected in Laos. Subcluster A was separated from subcluster B by<br />

having the 12 bigger ratio scale traits except for the number of fruits per<br />

infructescence. Cluster V can be distinguished from the rest by having the least<br />

cotyledon leaf length and width ratio and the shortest fruit stalk length (13.87 mm).<br />

Cluster VI consists of 2 accessions which were identified as S. trilobatum<br />

collected in Thailand. This cluster is unique to have the least of number of primary<br />

branches per plant (9) and the shortest leaf blade width (10.38 cm). Furthermore, it<br />

has the highest 100 seed weight (0.39 g), on the average.<br />

Cluster VII consists of only one accession of S. trilobatum collected in<br />

Thailand. This species formed its own separated stratified clusters. It could be<br />

recognized from the rest as having the shortest fruit length and fruit width<br />

corresponds to 0.88 and 0.89 cm, respectively. Also, it has the smallest fruit stalk<br />

thickness (1.95 mm). Furthermore, it has the largest cotyledon leaf length and width<br />

ratio (2.82) and largest number of fruit per infructescence (7 fruits).<br />

Cluster VIII includes only one species, S. torvum, consisting of 4 accessions<br />

which TS02955 collected in Cambodia, TS02973 collected in Laos and TS02937 and<br />

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