Commiphora wightii (Arnott) Bhandari is an important medicinal plant and is enlisted as Critically Endangered (CR) category in Red Data Book of IUCN. Mostly, the plant is an apomict and existence of obligate apomictic and obligate sexual plants was also reported. However, there is no conclusive study carried out so far for the identification of facultative apomictic plants and its degree of distribution. Therefore, a thorough investigation has been carried out to understand the facultative nature of the plants using controlled pollination experiment followed by histological and flow cytometry analyses. The results of the study confirmed both type of reproduction i.e., sexual as well as apomictic exists among accessions of C. wightii. Under the non-availability of pollen grains, apomictic embryos were visualized after 3-5 days after anthesis (DAA) which were developed from the nucellar tissues at chalazal as well as micropylar end. However; under the availability of pollen grains, the sexual embryo development was observed along with apomictic embryos at the micropylar end and were visible after 10-15 DAA. Moreover, apomictic embryo development does not prevent the sexual embryo development process and hence polyembryony state has been achieved by the plant. Maximum four apomictic embryos along with a sexual embryo were documented per ovule by this investigation. The controlled pollination study also revealed that pollination increased the fruit set percentage and fruit filling over non-pollinated or open-pollinated plants. The flow-cytometric analysis provided evidence of endosperm formation through triple fusion (in zygotic embryo development) as well as autonomous (in apomictic embryo development) in C. wightii, which proved the facultative apomictic nature of the plant. The facultative apomictic plant with polyembryonic properties can be used as best suitable material for the identifications and mapping of responsible genes for the said traits and for the fixation of heterosis.

Commiphora wightii (Arnott) Bhandari 是一种重要的药用植物，被列入 IUCN 红皮书的极危 (CR) 类别。大多数情况下，该植物是无融合生殖和专性无融合生殖和专性有性植物的存在也有报道。然而，目前还没有对兼性无融合生殖植物的鉴定及其分布程度进行结论性的研究。因此，已经进行了彻底的调查以了解植物的兼性性质，使用受控授粉实验，然后进行组织学和流式细胞术分析。研究结果证实了两种类型的繁殖，即在C. wightii种质中存在有性和无融合生殖. 在没有花粉粒的情况下，在合点和珠孔末端的珠心组织发育的开花后（DAA）3-5天后可见无融合生殖胚胎。然而; 在有花粉粒的情况下，在珠孔端观察到有性胚发育和无融合生殖胚，并在10-15 DAA后可见。此外，无融合生殖胚胎发育不会阻止有性胚胎发育过程，因此植物已达到多胚状态。该调查记录了每个胚珠最多四个无融合生殖胚胎和一个有性胚胎。受控授粉研究还表明，与非授粉或开放授粉植物相比，授粉增加了坐果率和果实饱满度。C. wightii，它证明了植物的兼性无融合生殖性质。具有多胚特性的兼性无融合生殖植物可作为最合适的材料，用于鉴定和定位所述性状的相关基因和固定杂种优势。