MACRO- AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF THE LEAF, STEM, STEM BARK AND FRUIT OF FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA (DEL.) A. CHEV. CULTIVATED IN EGYPT

摘要

The trees of Faidherbia albida Dei are indigenous lo Africa and considered a prominent feature in the flora of Nile valley and the Eastern Desert. They are known as Apple-ring trees because the pods tend to roll in to a spirals resembling dried apple peal It is employed traditionally to treat disorders such as fever, diarrhoea, urticaria, vomiting, cough, rheumatism and haemorrhage. To our knowledge, few morphological and microscopical studies were traced concerning the plant1, so this study aims for characterization and identification of this plant in both entire and powdered forms.