title: Ratio of fusiform and ray initials in the vascular cambium of Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel.
abstract: The anatomical studies of the vascular cylinder revealed in tangential longitudinal plane have fusiform initials and ray initials arranged in non-stratified manner like majority of dicots. It is generally believed that fusiform initials constitute more than 90% of the vascular cambium but contrary to above reports, 60 to 83% fusiform initials have been observed in different tropical tree and in certain extreme cases their proportion may fall as low as 25%. Keeping in view the above variations, the present communication aims at presenting the proportions of the fusiform initials which was found to be 65% mean tangential area in the cambial zone of presently investigated species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Plant Anatomy Laboratory, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, India.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: M Badruzzaman
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: D032128:Madhuca / Q000033:anatomy & histology*