Biometry of fruits and seeds of mufumbo (Combretum leprosum Mart.) - Combretaceae

Abstract

The Mofumbo (Combretum  leprosum Mart.) Is a plant with use in beekeeping, folk medicine, forage, and with great potential in the recovery of degraded areas. C. leprosum plants are visited by bees, with nectar being their main source of resource. The leaves and bark of the stem are used in decoction and infusion as hemostatic, sweating and calming. The fruits of C. leprosumdo type betulídio, are dry, indehiscent, winged and monospérmic. The work was carried out at the Plant Health and Seeds Laboratory, at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - IFCE, Campus Sobral. 100 fruits and 100 seeds were selected and evaluated to perform physical analyzes. For these, the variables were measured: weight, length, thickness, width. From the results, it was found that the mufumbo fruits showed a high variation in the evaluated parameters, where we had fruits that obtained values ​​in relation to the weight of the fruit from 0.08 g to 0.35 g, in addition, the seeds also presented the same behavior, as in the seed weight, which varied from 0.02 g to 0.21 g.