TY  - EJOU
AU  - A, Bucciarelli  
AU  - Cambi, VN  
AU  - Villamil, CB  

TI  - Morphoanatomical characters of Araujia hortorum E. Fourn (Asclepiadaceae), a native species of medicinal interest
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2008
VL  - 77
IS  - all
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - <i>Araujia hortorum</i> (“tasi”) is a native species of South America, invading crops in several countries. It is used as food and in medicine due to its galactogenic properties. Morphoanatomical and micrographic characters of leaves, stems and roots were studied to determine diagnostic characters that allow its identification in the vegetative state. Stomata and palisade parenchyma indexes, stomata location, the proportion and characteristics of palisade and spongy parenchyma and the scarce quantity of idioblasts, resulted in the most relevant, differential characters.
KW  - <i>Araujia hortorum</i>
KW  -  Asclepiadaceae
KW  -  morphoanatomy
KW  -  diagnostic characters
KW  -  medicinal

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2008.77.283