Research Article | Published: 01 March 2005

Morpho-biochemical variations in the seeds of different biotypes of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.)

Virendra Singh, R. K. Gupta, Rajesh Uppal, B. Singh and Swarn Lata

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 12 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 25-29 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-0Z83D0 | Cite this article

Abstract

The present study was carried out on the morphological and biochemical variations in the seeds of 13 biotypes of Seabuckthorn, growing in the District Lahaul-Spiti (2600-4100 m asl), a dry temperate Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh. The color of the seeds of 11 biotypes of Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica, the most dominant and widely distributed species of Seabuckthorn, varied from light to medium and dark brown, whereas it was medium to dark brown in H. salicifolia and dull white in H. tibetana. There was a lot of variation in the shape of the seeds. Weight of the 100 seeds varied from a maximum of 1.331 g in H. tibetana to 1.142 g in H. salicifolia and 1.103-0.718 g in the biotypes of H. rhamnoides. Crude protein (CP) content varied from 32.1-19.2% in the biotypes of H. rhamnoides and 25.5% and 20.3% in the seeds of H. tibetana and H. salicifolia, respectively. The total oil content was highest in the seeds of H. tibetana(16.9%), followed by the biotypes of H. rhamnoides (8.8-14.6%) and H. salicifolia (9.4%). There was no definite pattern of different characteristics of the seeds of seabuckthorn in relation to the altitude of the region.

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Singh, V., Gupta, R.K., Uppal, R., Singh, B. and Lata, S., 2005. Morpho-biochemical variations in the seeds of different biotypes of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.). Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 12(1), pp.25-29. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-0Z83D0

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