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Comparative Pharmacognostic Study on Cardiospermum halicacabum L. var. Microcarpum (Kunth) Blume and var. Luridum (Blume) Adelb Seeds


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1 PG and Research Department of Botany, Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Thindal, Erode – 638012, India
2 Department of Botany, Government Arts College for Women, Periyakollappatty, Salem – 636008, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Cardiospermum halicacabum is one of the most important medicinal plants of sapindaceae. The present work initiate comparative pharmacognostic study on Cardiospermum halicacabum L. var. microcarpum (Kunth) Blume and var. luridum (Blume) Adelb, through macroscopic and microscopic characters of seeds. Both the varieties of C. halicacabum are called by one vernacular name ‘Mudakkatran’. These two varieties have distinctive features both in morphology and anatomy. The two varieties of C. halicacabum are used medicinally one for the other. Most of the characters are similar but the variations occur in the leaves and seeds. The results of the present study showed diagnostic character and differences among the two varieties. Hence, plant anatomy is one of the alternative steps to differentiate the plant species.


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Cardiospermum halicacabum, Microscopic, Mudakkatran, Pharmacognosy, Sapindaceae.
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  • Comparative Pharmacognostic Study on Cardiospermum halicacabum L. var. Microcarpum (Kunth) Blume and var. Luridum (Blume) Adelb Seeds

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Authors

G. Jayanthi
PG and Research Department of Botany, Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Thindal, Erode – 638012, India
T. Senthilkumar
Department of Botany, Government Arts College for Women, Periyakollappatty, Salem – 636008, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Cardiospermum halicacabum is one of the most important medicinal plants of sapindaceae. The present work initiate comparative pharmacognostic study on Cardiospermum halicacabum L. var. microcarpum (Kunth) Blume and var. luridum (Blume) Adelb, through macroscopic and microscopic characters of seeds. Both the varieties of C. halicacabum are called by one vernacular name ‘Mudakkatran’. These two varieties have distinctive features both in morphology and anatomy. The two varieties of C. halicacabum are used medicinally one for the other. Most of the characters are similar but the variations occur in the leaves and seeds. The results of the present study showed diagnostic character and differences among the two varieties. Hence, plant anatomy is one of the alternative steps to differentiate the plant species.


Keywords


Cardiospermum halicacabum, Microscopic, Mudakkatran, Pharmacognosy, Sapindaceae.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/sijrs%2F2018%2Fv5i1%2F188666