A study was carried out to compare the growth and seed characters of Simarouba glauca accessions. The study characterized fruit and seed characters viz., Fresh and dry seed weight, Seed length and diameter, Seed coat and kernel weight and finally oil content of seeds among 20 accessions of Simarouba. The results revealed that fresh 100 fruits weight was highest (388.02 g) in FC&RI 13 and lowest (210.02 g) in FC&RI 18 accession. Considering 100 seed weight, both fresh and dry seed weight were registered to be maximum in FC&RI 10 when compared to all accessions observed. Seed biometric measurements revealed that maximum seed length (0.85cm) was observed in FC&RI 5 and minimum (0.68 cm) was in FC&RI 4. Seed coat content was highest (55.91 g) in FC&RI 18 and the lowest (31.61 g) in FC&RI 5. The seed kernel weight was highest (35.05 g) in FC&RI 12 and the lowest (23.8 g) was observed in FC&RI 5, the average kernel content of all 20 accessions was observed to be 28.89 g. The oil content of Simarouba glauca accessions varied from 35% to 58%. The maximum oil content 58% was observed in FC&RI 15 followed by FC&RI 10 (57.80%). The minimum oil content (35%) was observed in FC&RI 11 followed by FC&RI 19 (37%). Hence, FC&RI15 has considered the best accession in terms of oil yield, FC&RI 12 was best in terms of kernel weight and FC&RI 10 has considered best in terms of 100 seed weight in the 20 accession utilized in this study.
Biodiesel, Oil content, Simarouba, Tree borne oilseeds
