The plant was identified by local traditional practitioners and authenticated by expert taxonomist, on the basis of characters given in Flora of Orissa [9]. Stem bark of the plant was collected from its natural habitat in the month of November and shade dried. The shade dried bark was pulverized and sieved through 80 mesh and preserved in an airtight glass container for future physicochemical and phytochemical anlysis. Preservation of wet sample Fresh stem bark sample was preserved in a solution prepared from glacial acetic acid, alcohol, formalin and distilled water following standard procedures [10]. Microscopic evaluation Thin sections of the stem bark portion were taken by maceration method [11]. They were treated with respective reagents for detection of chemicals [12]. Photographs Photomicrographs were taken by using Canon digital camera attached to Zeiss microscope.
Plants of ethnomedicinal importance have contributed for the development of many new pharmacologically effective molecules/chemical entities to modern medicine. India, the country having one of the richest biodiversity of its flora in its forest, with numerous tribal inhabitants, is able to contribute a lot from ethnomedicine to the ailing humanity. Cordia macleodii Hook. (Boraginaceae), an ethnomedicinal plant has been highlighted for its wound healing, aphrodisiac and hepatoprotective activities. It is a medium-sized tree, known as Panki/Shikari by the tribals, rarely found in the forests of Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. So far, the plant has been studied neither for its pharmacognostical characters nor for its pharmacological actions except its hepatoprotective activity. Hence, it has been selected for a detailed investigation which includes pharmacognostic study of its leaf to find out the diagnostic characters and preliminary physicochemical analysis. Results of the study will help in identifying the plant pharmacognostically. Presence of alkaloids, glycosides and tannins were found during the study.
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