Volume 6, Issue 1, August 2014, Pages 50–55
Yashwant Rai1
1 Department of Botany, D.N. College Meerut, India
Original language: English
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The present study therefore, deals the germination and growth status of Caesalpinia bonduc endangered medicinal plant in Meerut district U.P. C. bonduc of family Fabaceae is a moderately size deciduous shrub species, growing wild throughout the deciduous forest of India. Caesalpinia bonduc is highly valued plant species for the human beings and environment management. The plant parts like barks, leaves, root and leaves widely used for medicinally purposes. The plant species is distributed few parts of India but now it is threatened species in many areas in the country. The species does not found in Meerut areas. Hence, there is an urgent need for conservation of this species. A total 100 seeds were sowing in 10 cemented pots of size length 90 cm. into width 60 cm. containing soil: manure ratio 3:1, during the second week of May 2013. It was observed on daily, seed germinated after 6 days germination commenced. I had recorded total seed germinate 95 % within 21 days from the date of sowing. The growth parameters shoot length and girth size were recorded at June, July, August, September 2013 and April, May 2014. Final reading on plant height Mean 163.8 cm. and girth size Mean 6.66 cm. was recorded at the age of twelve months from date of sowing. The results indicate of the germination and growth status at all stages enhanced. The saplings were growing 1 m. above per year in Meerut. It is concluded that the aim of the present study is to spread awareness towards the conservation and establishment of the endangered medicinal plant Caesalpinia bonduc in those areas where the plant species is now does not found.
Author Keywords: Caesalpinia bonduc, Endangered, Conservation, Meerut.
Yashwant Rai1
1 Department of Botany, D.N. College Meerut, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The present study therefore, deals the germination and growth status of Caesalpinia bonduc endangered medicinal plant in Meerut district U.P. C. bonduc of family Fabaceae is a moderately size deciduous shrub species, growing wild throughout the deciduous forest of India. Caesalpinia bonduc is highly valued plant species for the human beings and environment management. The plant parts like barks, leaves, root and leaves widely used for medicinally purposes. The plant species is distributed few parts of India but now it is threatened species in many areas in the country. The species does not found in Meerut areas. Hence, there is an urgent need for conservation of this species. A total 100 seeds were sowing in 10 cemented pots of size length 90 cm. into width 60 cm. containing soil: manure ratio 3:1, during the second week of May 2013. It was observed on daily, seed germinated after 6 days germination commenced. I had recorded total seed germinate 95 % within 21 days from the date of sowing. The growth parameters shoot length and girth size were recorded at June, July, August, September 2013 and April, May 2014. Final reading on plant height Mean 163.8 cm. and girth size Mean 6.66 cm. was recorded at the age of twelve months from date of sowing. The results indicate of the germination and growth status at all stages enhanced. The saplings were growing 1 m. above per year in Meerut. It is concluded that the aim of the present study is to spread awareness towards the conservation and establishment of the endangered medicinal plant Caesalpinia bonduc in those areas where the plant species is now does not found.
Author Keywords: Caesalpinia bonduc, Endangered, Conservation, Meerut.
How to Cite this Article
Yashwant Rai, “Germination and Growth Status of Endangered Medicinal Plant Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. in Meerut (U.P.) India,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 50–55, August 2014.
