Abstract
Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr., a critically endangered medicinal plant of Western Ghats, is a potential substitute for Berberis chitria because of its berberine content. The destructive harvest of the plant for both stem and root has resulted the paucity of reproductive individuals in their distributional range and subsequent arrest of natural regeneration. The present study is therefore conducted to raise clonal genetic stock of the species by inducing rooting in different aged stem cuttings and through air layering using auxins such as IAA, IBA and NAA with concentrations ranging from 250-2000 ppm. The juvenile plants of 2-3 year old has resulted a maximum stem rooting of 60% and air layering success to 90% by the use of NAA at 1000 ppm. The clonal propagation methods standardized in C. fenestratum is a first report of its kind and could be an ideal propagation technique for the mass multiplication that will lead to conservation and sustainable utilization of this rare species.
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