The ethnobotanical and anatomical properties of Polygonum cognatum Meıssn. Polygonaceae

Year 2014, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 117 - 121, 15.08.2014

Öznur Ergen Akçin Yaşar Akçin Mustafa Kemal Akbulut

Abstract

The ethnobotanical and anatomical properties of Polygonum cognatum Meissn. were investigated. P. cognatum ise used as folk medicines and herbs. Druse crystals were found on stem, petiole and leaves of P. cognatum. There were epidermal cavities and oil cells in stem and leaves. Undulate walls were present on both adaxial and abaxial surface of epidermis of P. cognatum. This species had isobilateral type of leaves. Stomatas were anisocytic, anomocytic and diacytic

Keywords

Polygonaceae, Polygonum cognatum, anatomy, ethnobotany

Polygonum cognatum Meissn. Polygonaceae türünün etnobotanik ve anatomik özellikleri

Abstract

Polygonum cognatum Meissn. türünün anatomik ve etnobotanik özellikleri incelenmiştir. P. cognatum sebze ve tıbbi bitki olarak kullanılmaktadır. P. cognatum türünün gövde, petiyol ve yapraklarında druz kristalleri bulunmuştur. Gövde ve yapraklarda epidermal boşluklar ve yağ hücreleri vardır. P. cognatum türünde epidermisin adaksiyal ve abaksiyal yüzeylerinde dalgalı çeper yapısı bulunmaktadır. Türün yaprakları izobilateral tiptir. Stomalar anizositik, anomositik ve diasitik tiptir

Keywords

Polygonaceae, Polygonum cognatum, anatomi, etnobotanik

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