Pollen characterization and medicinal importance of Ocimum species of Lamiaceae from Telangana region of South India

M. Chiranjeevi; P. Chaya

doi:10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.1.0186

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Pollen characterization and medicinal importance of Ocimum species of Lamiaceae from Telangana region of South India

M. Chiranjeevi and P. Chaya ^*

Department of Botany, Palynology and Paleobotany Research Lab, University College of Science, Saifabad. Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500004, India.

Review Article

International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 08(01), 960–964.

Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.1.0186

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.1.0186

Publication history

Received on 08 January 2023; revised on 15 February 2023; accepted on 18 February 2023

Abstract

Pollen morphology is one of the important tools for the taxonomic studies and helps in the identification of medicinal plants. Pollen characterization of three species of Ocimum viz., Ocimum tenuiflorum, Ocimum gratissimum, and Ocimum basilicum collected from Telangana region of South India during 2022 was carried out by using Light Microscope (LM). The pollen grains showed variations in size, shape, with amb spheroidal to ellipsoidal. All the species had hexacolpate pollen grains. The exine is subtectate and sporoderm ornamentation is reticulate with variations in heterobrochate conditions. The lumina varied from penta, hexa, polygonal to irregular form. The plants studied in the present work were known for their medicinal use having antibacterial and antiviral properties and most important in traditional system of medicine.

Keywords

Pollen characters; Ocimum species; Taxonomy; crude/raw drugs; Traditional medicine; Telangana State; South India

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M. Chiranjeevi and P. Chaya. Pollen characterization and medicinal importance of Ocimum species of Lamiaceae from Telangana region of South India. International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 08(01), 960–964. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.1.0186

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