Seed germination behaviour of six medicinal plants from Bangladesh

Authors

  • Aleya Ferdousi Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Md. Oliur Rahman Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Md. Abul Hassan Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v21i1.19270

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, Seed germination, Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper focuses on seed germination of six indigenous medicinal plants of Bangladesh, namely Adenanthera pavonina L., Helicteres isora L., Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack, Psoralea corylifolia L., Uraria lagopodioides (L.) Desv. and U. picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC. The minimum days taken to germinate seeds in Adenanthera pavonina L., Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack, Psoralea corylifolia L., Uraria lagopodioides (L.) Desv. and U. picta (Jacq.) Desv. ex DC. are 12, 36,  10, 39 and 14, respectively. Seeds were not germinated in Helicteres isora L. indicating that seeds are not suitable for propagation, however, propagation through stem cutting in this species revealed that plants flowers and set fruits in the same year and take only six to seven months. Epigeal type of seed germination was observed in all cases.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v21i1.19270

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 21(1): 71-76, 2014 (June)

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2014-06-23

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Ferdousi, A., Rahman, M. O., & Hassan, M. A. (2014). Seed germination behaviour of six medicinal plants from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 21(1), 71–76. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v21i1.19270

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2014)

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