Abstracto

Seed Abortion in Oroxylum indicum, A Commercial Medicinal Tree

Rajesh P Gunaga*, Vidya, P Vasav And Narkhede SS.

Oroxylum indicum (L) Benth. Ex Kurz (Family: Bignoniaceae) is one of the medicinal tree species of deciduous forest that distributed in South-east Asia. During experimentation, aborted seeds were recorded in collected seedlot for nursery. Rate of seed abortion ranged from 30.56 to 47.62 % among 13 pods collected from a single tree. This could be one of the causes for low seed germination. Reasons for seed abortion in this species have been discussed.