SOUSA, M. L. B.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6539610755460944; SOUSA, Maria Luciene Barbosa de.
Abstract:
Faced with the consequences of the Caatinga biome has suffered over the years is at
your importance to describe the morphological characteristics of the species, supporting
recovery efforts of degraded areas. So this paper studied the species of Mimosa
tenuiflora (Willd) Poir, in order to describe the external and internal morphology of
fruits and seeds as well as the stages of germination of seedlings of black jurema
process Previously selected in the region cariri Paraiba. The experiment was conducted
in the Laboratory of Ecology and Botany (UFCG / CDSA). For the morphological
description, collected one hundred fruit arrays located in streau Pedra Comprida of
Sumé-PB. Seeds vary from oblong to orbicular, with hard, smooth surface and presence
of pleurograma; axial embryo with membranous cotyledons, the fruits showed up an
articulated craspedium, the average number of seeds found per fruit was five, with
maximum of six and a minimum of three seeds, showed a bright light green when
young and dark brown when mature, seedling germination is epigeia phanerocotylar;
starting from the third day after sowing. The described and illustrated aspects were
homogeneous and reliable for species identification.