POLLINATION ECOLOGY AND FRUITING BEHAVIOR OF PAVETTA INDICA L. (RUBIACEAE), A KEYSTONE SHRUB SPECIES IN THE SOUTHERN EASTERN GHATS FOREST, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Pollination ecology and fruiting behavior of Pavetta indica L. (Rubiaceae), a keystone shrub species in the southern Eastern Ghats forest, Andhra Pradesh, India

Pavetta indica is a massive bloomer for a brief period in May.The flowers are hermaphroditic, strikingly protandrous, self and cross-compatible, nectariferous and psychophilous.They possess secondary pollen presentation mechanism as a device to avoid PROSTATE HEALTH autonomous autogamy but it does not prevent geitonogamy.The fruit set largely occur

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