In vitro propagation from axillary buds of the endangered tree Pittier (Fabaceae).

Pittier is a woody plant species grown in Mexico and Central America and widely used as timber wood and medicinal material. Since is an endangered species, an in-vitro micropropagation technique is needed for mass propagation of plantlets. Nodal segments of stem cuttings grown in greenhouse conditions were disinfected with an appropriate protocol and in vitro established on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) supplemented with 0.