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Chennai Pollen Watch - Allergy Corner
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(Face File: Incidence of atopy in India is reported as 25.3%. - Wiqar A. Shaikh, IJCP - Allergy and Asthma: A Clinical Primer, 1999). Compiled by: V. Raju, B.P.R. Vittal, N.K. Udaya Prakash, T. Janaki and S. Bhuveneswari. Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Raju Hospital, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017 Centre for Advanced studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600 025. directed to: chennaipollen1@yahoo.co.in
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Cocos nucifera (Coconut) 32.7%
Prosopis juliflora (Velikaruvel) 10.3%
Parthenium hysterphorus (Parthenium) 9.9%
Guazuma tomentosa (Uthrakshani) 9.0%
Delonix regia (Mayilkondrai) 7.4%
Cassia siamea (Manjakondrai) 6.7%
Others - 24.0%
The pollen grains of Cocos nucifera dominated the atmosphere for the fourth consecutive week. Its contribution to the total was 32.7%. The pollens of Prosopis juliflora and Parthenium hysterphorus contributed around 10.3 and 9.9% respectively. The contribution of Guazuma tomentosa, Delonix regia and Cassia siamea are significant with contributions of 9%, 7.4% and 6.7% respectively. The other pollen types contributed around 24. %. A total of 20 pollen types were recorded.
