Observations on sex differentiation in the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis L.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1970

Abstract

The morphology and frequency of occurrence of abnormal hermaphrodite inflorescences in the oil palm is described for palms of varying age. Hermaphrodite inflorescences are manifest during changes of the sex cycle in the normally monoecious species, and gross morphological differences in the type of hermaphrodite inflorescences occurred depending on whether the change of cycle was from male to female or vice versa. The significance of the occurrence and morphology of the abnormal inflorescences is discussed in relation to the accumulation of photo-synthetic reserves and to the maturation process. © 1970 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Keywords

Observations, sex differentiation, oil palm, Elaeis guineensis L.

Publication Title

Annals of Botany

ISSN

0305-7364

Divisions

Science

Volume

34

Issue

4

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Additional Information

Williams, C.N.; University of Malaya, Malaysia

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