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Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Ada’a District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Clonal propagation of Pelargonium sidoides: a threatened medicinal plant of South Africa
Pelargonium sidoides is used in herbal medicine for the
treatment of various infections. Apart from the local uses, the roots
are being indiscriminately harvested for local and export trade. A
study was conducted to determine the appropriate plant part and the
minimum vine length suitable for the clonal propagation of P. sidoides
in two separate experiments. In the first experiment, three vine tip
cuttings (2, 4 and 6 cm) of the species were rooted in potted
experiment in a green house. In the second experiment, ten days old
petioles were excised from their mother plants and rooted along side 6
cm vines length to assess suitable plant part for vegetative
propagation of the species. Data were collected and analyzed on various
growth and development indices. In the first experiment, the 6 cm vine
length exhibited best result for different parameters measured.
Petioles gave significant yield difference over 6 cm vine length and
generally showed high potential for vegetative propagation in terms of
rooting ability and survival rate. The importance of these findings on
the propagation and conservation of P. sidoides is discussed