| Variables | Treatments | p | ||||||||
| Intact fruits | Depulped seeds | Depulping | soaking | |||||||
| IT0 | IT1 | IT2 | IT3 | DT0 | DT1 | DT2 | DT3 | |||
| SL (cm) | 21.7 ± 0.7c | 24.7 ± 1.5c | 26.6 ± 0.5bc | 28.7 ± 5.3bc | 28.1 ± 4.8bc | 34.5 ± 1.1ab | 34.6 ± 2.6ab | 38.2 ± 0.9a | 0.001 | 0.049 |
| RL (cm) | 32.0 ± 6.1b | 45.6 ± 3.9ab | 36.3 ± 4.4b | 48.3 ± 7.6ab | 48.9 ± 7.2ab | 33.7 ± 3.8b | 54.0 ± 3.6a | 56.9 ± 2.9a | 0.007 | 0.083 |
| TL (cm) | 55.4 ± 3.4c | 70.3 ± 2.5bc | 63.0 ± 4.8c | 77.1 ± 12.6abc | 76.9 ± 10.2abc | 66.5 ± 7.1bc | 88.6 ± 6.2ab | 95.1 ± 3.7a | 0.008 | 0.053 |
| LN | 16.3 ± 0.3b | 15.8 ± 0.4b | 15.8 ± 0.7b | 16.7 ± 2.1b | 16.3 ± 1.1b | 17.0 ± 1.0b | 18.3 ± 0.7ab | 21.3 ± 1.5a | 0.021 | 0.116 |
| LA (cm2) | 378.1 ± 75.3a | 401.4 ± 40.5a | 312.9 ± 92.2b | 415.5 ± 72.0a | 457.7 ± 198.7a | 436.4 ± 103.2a | 455.3 ± 86.9a | 619.9 ± 220.7a | 0.051 | 0.480 |
| CD (mm) | 4.9 ± 0.3a | 3.8 ± 0.2a | 3.9 ± 0.3a | 3.9 ± 0.8a | 4.2 ± 3.8a | 3.9 ± 0.2a | 4.8 ± 0.4a | 5.0 ± 0.20a | 0.106 | 0.398 |
| VI | 2029 ± 3.3c | 3278 ± 2.3b | 2520 ± 5.5c | 3856 ± 14.5b | 6156 ± 17.7ab | 6184 ± 8.1ab | 7586 ± 2.1a | 7227 ± 4.3a | 0.039 | 0.154 |