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.
