BACKGROUND AND AIMS Late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI), in which selfed flowers fail to form fruits despite apparently successful growth of the pollen tubes to the ovules, is a contentious and still poorly understood phenomenon. Some studies have indicated pollen tube-pistil interactions, and major gene control. Others favour an early acting inbreeding depression explanation. METHODS Expe...


 Terpenoid contents of traditionally used ethnobotanically important plants (n=25) were determined. Ethanol extracts seeds, fruits, pods, branches, bark, rhizome and whole plant parts prepared preliminary phytochemical investigation was carried out. Total terpenoid in ethanol determined through qualitative quantitative analytical assay by Salkowski test. Results analysis revealed that the...