Anatomy of Pedilanthus tithymaloides with Special Reference to Laticifers

By : Anshu Rani, Ashwani Kumar

Page No: 95-103

Abstract
Plant latex is a sap that is exuded from damaged vein. It is kept in a tissue specialized in exuding latex called laticifer and is kept inside laticifer cells. It works as an efficient defence system against herbivorous insects. Laticifer is a general term applied to a large and heterogenous group of cell types. In Pedilanthus tithymaloides the laticifers are an elongated; anastomosing network of cells which are non-articulated branched and are commonly located in the outer part of the vascular cylinder. Laticifers extend throughout the length of the plants.

Authors :
Anshu Rani : Professor, Department of Botany, SMCC Government College, Abu Road, Rajasthan, India.
Ashwani Kumar :  Professor, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2023.39.01.10