1Department of Horticulture, North Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Chandmari-794002, Meghalaya, India
2Department of Biotechnology Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong Campus, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India
*Author for Correspondence: Email-sureshcp2112@gmail.com
Online published on 21 September, 2017.
Haematocarpus validus, commonly known as blood fruit, is a promising fruit of the Menispermaceae family and is found in the hilly tracts of Garo hills region of Meghalaya. The fruits are highly valued by the locals as a medicine and ripe fruits consumed fresh. It is a dioecious evergreen perennial woody climber which is found growing wild in West, East and North Garo hills. It is one of the rare plants and its germplasm needs to be collected and conserved for its potential horticultural value. The present paper deals with the phenological and genomic information on blood fruit.
Antioxidant, Fruit diversity, Genetic Information, Morphology, Resource Utilization
