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Abstract
Pollen morphological studies were carried out in 23 plant species of Mimosoideae family from Manchippa Reserve Forest, Nizamabad district. The pollen characters studied are
type of pollen units, size, shape, aperture and ornamentation types. Spheroidal, prolate spheroidal, euprolate, sub prolate, oblate and oblate spheroidal type shapes of the pollen grains
are recorded. Aperture types noticed are inaperturate and trizonocolporate. Ornamentations found are psilate, microreticulate, granulate, verrucate, foveolate, punctuate - foveolate. Individual monad grain size and shape of polyads helps in the identification of species. External
morphology of this family shows diversity in habit such as herbs, shrubs and trees. Bipinnately compound leaves, armed and unarmed plants. Inflorescence 2 or 3 coloured or concol