Variation in calorific value of seeds of Adhatoda vasica found at different sites in and around Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

Adhatoda vasica is one of the medicinal plants of immense medicinal value. This plant is useful in asthma, bronchitis, chronic cough, controlling pain, inflammation and cold etc. The present work is based on detailed study of biochemistry, seed biology and regeneration of Adhatoda vasica. After careful survey of region five study sites have been selected for the present study from in and around Bhopal Madhya pradesh. Calorific value of seeds of Adhatoda vasica was determined and effect of ecological conditions on calorific value of seeds was observed and analyzed in the present work. The energy content of seed is determined by bomb calorimeter. The heat combustion in Kcal/gram of oven dried weight of seeds is 5.52Kcal/gram. Maximum calorific value is found in seeds collected from Motilal Vigyan Mahavidlaya campus Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and value of seeds collected from Vidisha Madhya Pradesh area is least.