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.
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