Identification of six species of medicinal Diospyros plants based on leaf macro- and micro-morphology.

Author: Ze YI ¹ ; Juan-Juan QIAO ¹ ; Geng-Yu LU ¹ ; Gang WU ¹ ; Guo-Yong XIE ¹ ; Min-Jian QIN ¹
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1. School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Diospyros; anatomic character; identification; leaf epidermis; leaf vein
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2016;41(21):3942-3949
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: To establish a method for the identification of five species and one variety of medicinal plants from Diospyros, their leaf veins, epidermis, anatomic and powder characters were observed and compared with macro-morphological and microscopic methods. The results indicated the differences of secondary and tertiary veins among those Diospyros species. The single cell non-glandular hair and glandular hair exist in most species' epidermis while stone cells were only found in the leaf powders of two species. Through the study, the main differences of leaf macro- and micro-morphology of these species were obtained and practical keys were also established, which can provide scientific base not only for identification of these species during their vegetative stages, but also for accuracy authentication of the source of Kaki Folium.