Table 2 Nutritional status of different sexes of Dioscorea species found in Tripura

Dioscorea alata

58.21 ± 0.91

77.97 ± 1.72^b

4.22 ± 0.30

5.93 ± 0.22^b

180.25 ± 2.81

211.92 ± 5.92^c

18.54 ± 0.44

20.91 ± 0.92^b

1.68 ± 0.14

1.72 ± 0.12^#

2.74 ± 0.14

3.00 ± 0.16^#

1.66 ± 0.14

1.97 ± 0.12^#

Dioscorea hamiltonii

66.72 ± 1.94

71.44 ± 0.92^#

3.34 ± 0.42

4.21 ± 0.32^c

239.93 ± 4.54

254.95 ± 6.54^#

20.81 ± 0.31

22.28 ± 0.42^#

1.64 ± 0.13

1.87 ± 0.14^#

1.82 ± 0.18

2.23 ± 0.14^c

0.98 ± 0.12

1.19 ± 0.14^#

Dioscorea oppositifolia

66.94 ± 0.41

71.18 ± 0.81^c

3.19 ± 0.14

5.73 ± 0.17^a

143.97 ± 5.01

173.86 ± 5.60 ^c

14.02 ± 0.22

13.37 ± 0.34^#

0.98 ± 0.18

1.28 ± 0.16^#

2.24 ± 0.23

2.87 ± 0.34^#

1.58 ± 0.14

1.24 ± 0.16^b

Dioscorea pubera

66.43 ± 1.35

75.72 ± 1.24^c

13.21 ± 0.22

9.67 ± 0.22^a

136.92 ± 3.47

158.01 ± 6.53^c

23.54 ± 0.24

28.20 ± 1.92^#

0.94 ± 0.15

1.05 ± 0.19^#

1.48 ± 0.13

2.18 ± 0.23^#

1.18 ± 0.12

1.28 ± 0.18^#

Dioscorea wallichii

68.62 ± 1.28

70.55 ± 1.12^#

7.04 ± 0.32

9.84 ± 0.30^c

114.92 ± 3.33

136.73 ± 4.72^b

27.34 ± 1.57

31.46 ± 1.58^#

1.41 ± 0.10

1.63 ± 0.14^c

1.23 ± 0.19

1.58 ± 0.14^c

1.14 ± 0.12

1.42 ± 0.14^c