DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHO-ANATOMY AND GERMINATION OF THE SEEDS OF Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus Willd. VARIANTS

Previous studies on the embryo structure of legumes species had resulted in division Fabaceae family into two great subfamilies based axis curvature. Research seed morphology and anatomy adds to knowledge taxonomy, evolution ecology. This study determined developmental anatomy, pod as well germination characteristics observed variants (T1 - small prickles; T2 medium T3 long prickles) Pterocarpus indicus Willd. f. echinatus locally known prickly narra Mount Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR). Based root (radicle) shoot apex, formation leaf primordium seeds after radicle protrusion was more progressive. It that rate percentage were highest T2, where apical dome welldeveloped. The germination, morphological characters anatomical proven be systematically informative by showing significant differences among variants.