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- Title
Andromonoecy, insect pollination and fruiting behaviour in Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. (Mimosaceae) in the Eastern Ghats.
- Authors
Raju, A. J. Solomon; Rao, S. Purnachandra; Jonathan, K. Henry
- Abstract
Acacia caesia flowers during rainy season. It is an andromonoecious and obligate outcrosser. Flowers are massed into globose heads and all flowers open on the same day. They produce compound pollen grains (polyads) and nectar in traces. The plant is entomophilous, attracts different insects but only bees and butterflies effect cross-pollination. Natural pod set is below 5%. The study suggests that enhanced pod and seed set rates are possible in resource-rich habitats and in the absence of flower-feeding beetle, Mylabris pustulata.
- Subjects
INSECT pollinators; POLLINATION by insects; FERTILIZATION of plants by insects; BUTTERFLIES; FRUIT development
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2006, Vol 91, Issue 7, p939
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article