Abstract

PROSPECTS OF STUDIES ON TEPHROSIA PURPUREA L. FOR SEED CHARACTERS AND SEED MORPHOLOG IN VINDHYA REGION

Rashmi Arnold, *Seema Tiwari and R. M. Mishra

Abstract

The plant Tephrosia purpurea L. of the family papilionanceae hadbeen investigated for certain of its pharmacologically activephytoconstituents. The perusal of literature, however revealed that notmuch attention was given to the phytosocilogy of the species in thevarious climatic and phytogeographical areas. In the present study,Tephrosia purpurea and its associates have been recorded in the fourdistricts viz. Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Shahdol of the Vindhyan regionwith special reference to seed characters and seed germinationphysiology.

Keywords: Tephrosia purpurea, Seed germination, Vindhyan region etc.