Reproductive Biology of Cinnamomum Sulphuratum Nees. from Wet Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats in Karnataka

In Cinnamomum sulphuratum the initiation of the buds occurred after the leaf initiation during October and initiation of buds started during November last week. Inflorescence is an axillary panicle with 62.48¡À7.01 floral buds that took 13¡À1.41 days to bloom. Flower offer both pollen and nectar as a floral reward to the pollinators. Foragers include honeybees, butterflies, wasps, flies and ants. The flowers are self-compatible, pollinate both by self and cross pollination. In Allogamy (Hand cross pollination), highest mean percentage of fruit set was observed as 71 and 75% respectively for the period 2012-13 and 2013-14