Preliminary assessment on flower phenology of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Thailand accession

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Surapong Anuttato
วาสนา สุภาพรหม
อนุรักษ์ สุขขารมย์

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The obstacle crossing between variety of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb Thailand accession produced low rate of seed set. One of many factors could be lack of actual flower phenology data of this species. So, this research is to investigate the flower shedding, anthesis and receptive time of Centella asiatica ‘Ubon rachatani’ line. The results reveal that the flowers shedding continuously, one by one, starting from the central flower. After the central flower shedding 1.22 and 2.44 days, the first and second floret shedding, respectively. In term of the reproductive organs, the stigma was receptive between 05.37-06.28 in the morning. Simultaneous, first anther was dehiscence. The stigma and anther of the central, first floret and second floret flower were compered the timing of receptive and anthesis. The results showed that these were not different period of this phenomenon.

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