BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 4

Medicinal plants-their relevance as nectar sources to honey

  • Author:
  • A. Vijaya Bhasker Reddy, P. Ramachandra Reddy
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 283 to 287

Department of Botany, P.G. College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004.

Abstract

Pollen analysis of eleven honey samples of Apis cerana bees from Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh has been carried out. The pollen spectra revelead that most of them are unifloral (10) and one sample being multifloral. 37 different pollen types belonging to 30 families were recorded of which 29 plants are used in folklore and tribal medicine.

Keywords

Honey, Khammam, Medicinal plants