The foliar micro-morphology of Solanum aculeastrum, a medicinal plant of South Africa

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1056-1060

  Koduru, Srinivas ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glandular hair; Solanum aculeastrum; Stellate trichomes

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM;

EID: 33745297169     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1056.1060     Document Type: Article

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