@article{plant2013122,
author={AUTHOR = {I.M., Adeniyi and O.R., Adejoba and O.J., Alao and A.S., Noah and G.T., Salaudeen},
title={Comparative Anatomy of Some Ficus Species},
journal={Research in Plant Sciences},
volume={1},
number={2},
pages={15--19},
year={2013},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/plant/1/2/2},
abstract={The wood anatomy of seven species of <i>Ficus</i>: <i>F.</i><i> </i><i>ingens</i>, <i>F. exasperata</i>, <i>F. vallischoudae</i>, <i>F.</i><i> </i><i>vogelina</i>, <i>F.</i><i> </i><i>muccuso</i>, <i>F.</i><i> </i><i>elastica</i> and<i> F.</i><i> </i><i>indica</i> of Moraceae from Nigeria was investigated and described. Some interesting observations were made about the genus which distinguished the wood species under study from one another, such features include crystals and silica inclusions; sizes of rays, vessels and fibres. <i>F. elasitca</i> possessed narrowest rays and lacked any crystal inclusion. <i>F.ingen</i><i>s</i> had few fibres and possessed silica aggregates. Fibres were abundant in <i>F.</i> <i>vallischoudae</i> as observed at the transverse section. <i>F. exasperata</i> contained the smallest vessel size and its pores were more abundant than any of the other wood species under study, but fewer vessels were observed in <i>F. muccuso</i>, and <i>F. indica</i>. Septate fibres were observed in <i>F.</i> <i>vallischoudae</i> and <i>F</i>. <i>vogelina</i>. Rhomboidal crystals were observed in all the wood species except in <i>F. elasitca</i>, though they were rare in <i>F</i>. <i>vogelina</i> and <i>F.muccuso</i><i>.</i> These anatomical features were therefore brought to the fore as possible taxonomic significance and diagnostic value. Photo micrographs prepared from three sections namely transverse section, tangential longitudinal section and radial longitudinal section were also presented in this study.},
doi={10.12691/plant-1-2-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}