Premna corymbosa Rottl. is an important medicinal plant used in Indian systems of medicine. It is highly valued for it’s anti-inflammatory properties. Propagation by seed is very difficult in this species as such vegetative propagation is the only method for large scale plantlet production. This paper reports a successful attempt to propagate this species by air layering.
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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2005
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