Androgenesis is a useful technique to study the fundamen-tal aspects of plant morphology through the manifestation ofabnormal embryos. The phenomenon of branching after removalof apical meristem in mature dicotyledonous plants is shown inthis study at the embryo level by secondary embryogenesis. Exci-sion of apical meristems in embryogenically competent immatureembryos and their in vitro culture could potentially produce sec-ondary embryos on the hypocotyls and enhanced by exogenouscytokinins. Excision of meristems and in vitro culture of hypocotylsat an embryogenically competent stage could promote secondaryembryogenesis in recalcitrant species for multiplication of elitegenotypes. The promotion of secondary embryos on the hypocotylsof meristem excised embryos, which can be independently regen-erated to plantlets, provides a horticultural application for rapidmultiplication of recalcitrant species and elite genotypes at thein vitro stage of embryo development.