author(s)
PK Bhagat, GP Painkra, KL Painkra and YK Meshram

abstract
The present investigation was undertaken in genetic diversity of morphological characteristics of twenty genotypes accessions of litchi growing area under the agro-climatic zone Northern hill region of Chhattisgarh in the horticultural orchard of Raj Mohini Devi college of Agriculture and research station Ambikapur. An analysis of the data for various characters like Tree height, Tree canopy, Tree girth, Leaf length, Leaf width, Number of fruits per panicle, Fruit colour, Fruit size, Fruit weight, Fruit pulp weight, Flower colour, Panicle length, in fruits and total soluble solid were taken into account on the basis of present experimental findings Kasbah (leaflet blade length, width and length), Desi (Rachis length), China (number of leaflet/leaf), Green (leaf area) and Pickling (shoot length) were found significantly higher among thirty one accessions. The cultivars differed in some of the morphological characteristics. The differences were probably due to their genetic makeup as well as due to the influence of climatic factors of that particular region.