Crecimento e produçao de sementes em área de proprodução de sementes de leucaena pallida e britton & rose e moringa oleifera lam, do Instituto de Produção Animal

Abstract

This work presents results of growth and seed production of the APS of Moringa oleifera and Leucaena pallida at three years of age, in the IPA enclosure, in Matola city, Maputo Province. Survival was evaluated for each species, measured by height, DBH, branching/bifurcation, health status, and seed production at three years of age. The survival of Leucaena pallida was 87%, height and DBH were 5.5 m and 4.5 cm respectively. The production of fruits and seeds per tree in Leucaena pallida was 218 fruits and 3874 seeds respectively. In this study, seed production was estimated at 0.1937 kg per tree, and 1.2744 kg in total APS. Moringa oleifera survival was 79%, height and DBH were 5.1 m and 6.6 cm respectively. The production of fruits and seeds per tree in Moringa oleifera was 73 fruits and 969 seeds respectively. In this study, seed production was estimated at 0.2964 kg per tree, and 1.2626 kg in total APS. In both species the branching and the phytosanitary status were considered good.