The in vitro regeneration of M. royoc plants
reported here is characterized by a rapid growth
and proliferation of shoots. A high multiplication
rate was achieved, but also plantlets were
easily acclimatized to the external environment
from tissue culture undergoing normal
morphological development. This is of great
advantage for the commercial propagation and
also for the conservation of this species. It could
be the basis for future studies on the in vitro
production of secondary metabolites for
pharmaceutical use given the medicinal
properties of the species. Little work on in vitro
propagation, by using tissue culture techniques,
were carried out in this genus up to day (Huang
et al., 2006; Selvaraj et al., 2006). To our
knowledge, this is the first report of in vitro
regeneration of Morinda royoc L