Callus got initiated within two weeks when the medium was supplemented with 0.5 mg each of BAP and NAA. A reasonable amount of callus was formed after another two weeks. This callus was dark green in colour and granular in appearance (Fin.1) Moreover, 80% of the explants responded to callogenesis. similarly a reason able amount of callus was also obtained in another set of experiments when BAP was used at the same level i.e., 0.5 mg. while NAA was reduced to 0.1 mg.