Maturation stage of the fruits

Physics feature^a

Length of the seeds

(inches)

Thickness of the seeds

(inches)

Width of the seeds

(inches)

Mass of 100 seeds

(g)

Green

0.679 b

0.312 b

0.425 a

24.137 b

Yellow

0.710 a

0.320 ab

0.429 a

26.345 a

Ripe

0.714 a

0.335 a

0.425 a

26.879 a

Dried on the plant

0.733 a

0.332 a

0.410 a

25.799 a

Dried on the ground

0.733 a

0.335 a

0.433 a

26.933 a