Open AccessPharmacognostical studies of Hymenodictyon orixence (Roxb.) Mabb. leaf
Author(s) -
Mallesh Reddy,
Alka Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of ayurveda research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-925X
pISSN - 0974-7788
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7788.64400
Subject(s) - overexploitation , traditional medicine , biology , botany , population , geography , ecology , medicine , environmental health
Hymenodictyon orixence is medicinally important plant found in India, Malaysia and Africa. Due to overexploitation the population of this species has decreased very rapidly. The present study includes pharmacognostical examination of this species. It includes morphological, anatomical, chemical and chromo-fingerprinting characters of Hymenodictyon orixence leaf.