Histological and morphological studies on leaves of Curcuma in China / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide some new evidences for the classification and identification of medicinal materials of Curcuma.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The optical microscope and electronic microsccopic scaning were used to characterize the leaves of Curcuma.</p><p><b>RESULT AND CONCLUSION</b>There were no obvious histological and morphological differences among the leaves of Curcuma. But the differences in the hair distribution, stoma density and size , shape and size of epidermic cells could be considered to be the main features for the microscopic identification of leaves of Curcuma.</p>