gajapippali :

Morphology:

Leaves dark green, large, 12.5-25 by 6.3-15 cm., ovate, elliptic, ovate, or nearly orbicular, caudate-acuminate, base rounded or slightly cordate, primary nerves distinct, petiole 7.5·15 cm. broadly winged up to the knee. Peduncle solitary, terminal, much shorter than the petiole. Spathe about 10-15 cm. long, oblong, sub cylindrical, slender-beaked, green without, yellow within. Spadix equaling the spathe, elongating in fruit, greenish yellow. Stigma elongate. Fruiting- hemispheric. Berries, few only ripening fleshy. Seed ovate-cordate. Fruiting spadix sometimes a span long. Stem as thick as the little finger.

Fruit - Occurs in transversely cut circular pieces of about 2.0-3.0 cm in diameter and

2.0-3.5 cm thick, brownish-grey, rough and scaly, cut surface has a central core,

surrounded by fruits enclosing the seed covered partly by aril; odour and taste not

distinct.

Seed - Kidney-shaped, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, 0.4-0.6 cm long, smooth, shiny, greyish-brown

with a dent, odour and taste not distinct.

Histology:

Fruit - Shows more or less loosely arranged, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells having

more or less isodiametric cells filled with brown content and numerous acicular crystals

of calcium oxalate.

Seed - Shows a single layered, oval to polygonal, thin-walled testa followed by 2-3

layered, thick-walled, oval to polygonal, non-lignified, sclereid-like cells having wide

lumen and concentric striations; 2-4 layered, oval to polygonal, thick-walled, lignified

stone cells having very narrow lumen, pitted and with concentric striations; thin-walled,

irregular parenchymatous cells containing oil globules and aleurone grains.

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