Report on mycoflora associated with Clitoria ternatea L.: A herbal medicinal plant in Bangladesh

 

Shamim Shamsi*, Pranami Chowdhury and Tania Sultana

 

Case report | Published June 2014

Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research Journal, Vol. 2(2), pp. 28-32

 

 

Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

 

 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: prof.shamsi@gmail.com

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Clitoria ternatea L. is an excellent herbal medicinal plant. Severe anthracnose symptom was noticed on leaves and pods of the plant during the tenure of January to March 2014. Nine species of fungi representing 7 genera and a sterile fungus were found to be associated with C. ternatea. The isolated fungi were Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler, Aspergillus flavus Link., A. fumigates Fresenius, A. niger Van Tiegh., Cladosporium oxysporum (Harz) Nannf., Colletotrichum gloeosporoides (Penz) Sacc., Curvularia lunata Boedijn., Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht., Penicillium sp. and a sterile fungus. Prevalence of the fungi varied with healthy and diseased leaves and pods. Pathogenicity test of the fungi following detached leaf technique revealed that isolated fungi were non pathogenic to C. ternatea.

 

Keywords: Mycoflora, Clitoria ternatea, medicinal plant, Bangladesh.

 

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Citation: Shamsi S, Chowdhury P, Sultana T (2014). Report on mycoflora associated with Clitoria ternatea L.: A herbal medicinal plant in Bangladesh. Med. Aromat. Plant Res. J. 2(2): 28-32.

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