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Occurrence of Vivipary in Memecylon umbellatum Burm.

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Seeds germination within fruit in angiospermic plant is known as vivipary. The present study focuses on the occurrence of vivipary in Memecylon umbellatum and reports that vivipary in M. umbellatum is due to heavy moisture accumulated during heavy rainfall.

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  1. Department of Botany, Yashavantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, M.S, 415 001, India

    Sachin Vasantrao Thite, Pavan Ramdas Hande & Basavraj Appasaheb Kore

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Thite, S.V., Hande, P.R. & Kore, B.A. Occurrence of Vivipary in Memecylon umbellatum Burm.. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 39, 47–49 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-015-0408-y

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