Illustrated Distinctive Flower, Leaf, and Fruit Morphology Associated with Polyploidy in Tropical Ornamentals

In some plants, polyploidy results in significant enlargement in cell size that in turn results in thicker, broader leaves, larger flowers with greater substance, rounder conformation and intensified coloration and larger fruits than their diploid counterparts. This poster illustrates these distinctive morphological comparisons for Albizia saman, Cassia bakeriana, C. fistula, C. javanica, Delonix regia, Dracaena fragrans, Marsdenia floribunda, Pachira aquatic and Plumeria stenopetala.