Abstracto

Triple-seeds in Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. Ex Roxb.), an Avenue Tree

Smita S Kubal, Vaibhavi S Shirke, KK Shirke, Wanage SS, Rajesh P Gunaga and AD Rane

Generally, fruits of Mammea suriga contain single seed. However, in this paper, we report seed abnormality in this species, where few fruits contained double seeds (0.53%) and one fruit showed triple-seeds. This kind of variation may be useful for tree improvement programme.