Histochemistry and Senescence of Colleters of Allamanda cathartica (Apocynaceae) |
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Authors: | THOMAS VINOTH; DAVE YASH |
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Institution: | Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat 388 120, India |
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Abstract: | Allamanda have colleters on the adaxial bases of petiole, bractsand bracteoles. Each colleter is finger shaped, differentiatedinto a long head on a short stalk. Vasculature to the colleteris absent but branched laticifers are present among the centralcells. Secretion of the colleter contains glucose and rhamnose.The major elements present in the exudate are Na, Fe and Zn.Starch, protein and lipids were identified, with lipids themajor component. Petiolar colleters are persistent and becomestiff due to the lignification occurring in the walls of epithelialand central cells. Because of over-lignification in the centralcells, the cell lumen is highly reduced. Allamanda, colleter, laticifer, secretion, senescence |
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