A Poisonous Forest Tree "Vishtendu" (Diospyros Montana Roxb.) : Taxonomic Evaluation

KRANTI RAI; DR. ELA TIWARI

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

A Poisonous Forest Tree "Vishtendu" (Diospyros Montana Roxb.) : Taxonomic Evaluation

Kranti Rai, Dr. Ela Tiwari

Abstract :

Poisonous plants have many chemical constitutents. Diospyros montana is a naturally occurring tree of deciduous forest. It is poisonous used in various purposes i.e. weapons, in controlling pests and medicines on the basis its constituent properties. Poisonous plants occur in great variety (higher plants and lower groups) in tropical regions. Studies of Diospyros montana are done for their taxonomy, toxic and medicinal properties and epidermal studies. Four types of trichomes i.e. Unicelled flagellate glandular hair, Unicelled anched flagellate glandular hair, Unicelled Conical glandular hair, Uniseriate flagellate glandular hair and two types of stomata i.e. anomocytic and actinocytic are present on different plant parts of Diospyros montana. The study indicates the taxonomic importance of the different parameter of epidermal studies of the plant.