Pollination ecology and fruiting behavior of Pavetta indica L. (Rubiaceae), a keystone shrub species in the southern Eastern Ghats forest, Andhra Pradesh, India
Pavetta indica is a massive bloomer for a brief period in May.The flowers are hermaphroditic, strikingly protandrous, self and cross-compatible, nectariferous and psychophilous.They possess secondary pollen presentation mechanism as a device read more to avoid autonomous autogamy but it does not prevent geitonogamy.The fruit set largely occurs thro