Morphological and biochemical variations in different sex forms of kodampuli (Garcinia gummi-gutta L.)

Abstract

Kodampuli seedlings segregate into males and bisexuals at flowering. A study has been carried Out to differentiate the sex by morphological and biochemical characters. The results indicated that there is no significant differences between male and bisexual plants in terms of morphological characters except the colour of emerging flush in which pink and pinkish shades were more prevalent in biscxuals than in male Significant differences between male and bisexual trees were noticed with respect to total phenol of young (208.60 nijj/IQOg and 118.10 mg/IOOy respectively) and mature (I397.H2 mg/IOO!> and 794.53 mg/IOOg respectively) leaves. The thin layer chromaiographic profile of phenolics showed one additional spot in male than in bisexual plants, li-leclroprioresis revealed similar banifmy pattern for pcmxidase enzymes in both male and bisexual plants.