Pharmacognostical study of calicotome villosa poir growing in Libya Part I Phytochemical screening of aerial parts and macro-and micromorphology of fruits

A preliminary phytochemical screening of the aerial parts of Calicotome villosa poir. growing in Libya revealed the presence of tannins, flavonoids, steroids and/or triterpenes, coumarins, saponins, and carbohydrates. Moreover, macro-and micromorphology of the fruit is presented with the view of finding out diagnostic characters for identification of the plant