Aims: Leaf epidermal morphology and petiole anatomy of seven Lannea species namely; Lannea velutina, Lannea kerstingii, Lannea egregia, Lannea schimperii, Lannea acida, Lannea microcarpa, and Lannea edulis in Nigeria were investigated to provide new taxonomic characters that coul...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i230174
Interest in the use of medicinal plants in treatment of diseases in Africa has increased tremendously over the past decade. Ingestion of contaminated medicinal plants and herbal medicinal products is regarded as potential source of heavy metal toxicity to both man and animals. He...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11481
Ruellia tuberosa is an invasive weed found growing in wide range of habitat particularly those habitats not preferred by other weeds mostly where there is little availability of water. This work studied the anatomical structures that aid its survival and colonization in these hab...
Oluwafemi B. Adebayo, Benjamin A. Ajayi, Oluwatobi A. Oso, Ogochukwu E. Okanume, Adeniyi A. Jayeola & Christianah M. Adenaike·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2022
Hypoestes rosea P. Beauv. and Asystasia gangetica T. Anderson are similar and thus difficult to separate morphologically. Therefore, a comparative anatomical study of the two species was undertaken in search of constant characters to establish clear-cut distinction between them....