MACRO- AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF THE LEAF, STEM, STEM BARK AND FRUIT OF CHORISIA SPECIOSA A. ST. HIL CULTIVATED IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

Chorisia speciosa A. St. Hil. belongs to family Bombacaeae. There is no detailed information could be traced concerning the macro- and micromorphology of the leaves, stem and fruits of the plant, so this study is performed with the aim of finding their characters by which they could be identified and differentiated, in both the entire and powdered forms.