Comparative pharmacognostical study of certain terminalia species. part I: bark, stem and leaf

ABSTRACT

Preliminary phytochemical screening of the barks, stems, fruits, flowers and leaves of Terminalia bellirica Roxb., T. arjuna W. and A., T. muelleri Benth. and T. myriocarpa Heurck and Muell. [Family Combretaceae] was carried out. The comparative macro - and micromorphological characters of their barks, stems and leaves of the 4 species were studied in order to establish their diagnostic characters, aiming to determine and differentiate the plants, in both the entire and powdered forms