Table 1.
Pollen spectra and frequency classes of the pollen types in honey produced by Heterotrigona itama species in Johor, Malaysia.
| Plant family | Pollen type | Honey samples/frequency classes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K01 | K02 | K03 | K04 | K05 | K06 | ||
| Acanthaceae | Asystasia intrusa | (2.0) | (2.0) | (3.0) | |||
| Avicennia alba | (14.0) | ||||||
| Arecaceae | Elaeis guineensis | (12.0) | (21.0) | ||||
| Cocos nucifera | (67.0) | ||||||
| Nypa fruticans | (3.0) | ||||||
| Asteraceae | Bidens pilosa | (1.0) | (12.0) | ||||
| Mikania cordata | (2.0) | ||||||
| Bombacaceae | Durio zibethinus | (15.0) | |||||
| Clusiaceae | Garcinia prainiana | (14.0) | |||||
| Euphorbiaceae | Hevea brasiliensis | (17.0) | |||||
| Fabaceae | Acacia mangium | (28.0) | (2.0) | ||||
| Robinia pseudoacacia | (34.0) | ||||||
| Peltophorum pterocarpum | (1.0) | ||||||
| Erythrina orientalis | (8.0) | (11.0) | |||||
| Calliandra portoricensis | (2.0) | ||||||
| Mimosa scabrella | (7.0) | (13.0) | |||||
| Mimosa bimucronata | |||||||
| Moringaceae | Moringa pterygosperma | (28.0) | |||||
| Muntingiaceae | Muntingia calabura | (20.0) | |||||
| Myrtaceae | Psidium guajava | (1.0) | |||||
| Syzygium jambos | (19.0) | (8.0) | |||||
| Eucalyptus | (2.0) | ||||||
| Passifloraceae | Turnera subulata | (10.0) | |||||
| Polygonaceae | Antigonon leptopus | (20.0) | |||||
| Rhizophoraceae | Rhizophora mucronata | (50.0) | |||||
| Sapindaceae | Nephelium lappaceum | (1.0) | |||||
| Undetermined | (16.0) | (8.0) | (14.0) | (2.0) | |||
| Pollen | |||||||
Frequency classes: (i) predominant pollen, PP (>45%); secondary pollen, SP (16%–45%); important minor pollen, IP (3%–15%); minor pollen, MP (<3%).