MARCO- AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF CRINUM MOOREI VAR. SCHMIDTII, HOOK F. CULTIVATED IN EGYPT. PART 1: ROOT, BULB (fleshy scale leaves) and foliage leaf

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

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

Abstract

The detailed macro- and micromorphological characters of the root, bulb and leaf of crinum moorei Schmidtii, Hook. F., are studied with the aim to facilitate their identification in both entire and powdered forms, and to find out the diagnostic elements which call help in differentiating this species from the other closely related species of crinum.