Uniformity of Morphological Characteristics of Calotropis procera found at Two Altitudinal Ranges, in Saudi Arabia PDF

Keywords

Saudi Arabia, leaf, Calotropis procera

Abstract

Nine morphological characteristics namely: plant height, leaf length, leaf width, leaf dry weight, fruit diameter, seed number per fruit, seed weight per fruit, corolla length and corona length were used to test the influence of environmental conditions on the performance of Calotropis procera plants. The comparison was made on the plant materials collected from low altitude (0-300 m) and from high altitude (1700-2000 m). The comparison showed no significant differences between these two groups of plants, indicating that Calotropis procera can endure a wide range of environmental conditions, without showing any obvious morphological differences.