The Eco-Anatomical Study of Aloe vera L.

Michelle Suzuki Trina Cardona Biology 101 Laboratory- TFCD1

Introduction

What is Aloe vera?

Perennial plant belonging in the Liliaceae family Has 400 different species, first discovered in

Africa
An ingredient in many pharmaceutical products

because of its wide range of chemical components

Objectives
Determine the special anatomical features in the root, stem and leaves of aloe vera Explain the functions of these special anatomical structures

General Description

Location

The plant was acquired from Cartimar

Gross Morphological Features

Herbaceous monocot Grows in an upright position (erect)

Gross Morphological Features

No true stem; leaf sheath is apparent

Gross Morphological Features

Fibrous root system

Gross Morphological Feature

Spines apparent in leaf

Gross Morphological Features

Green succulent leaves in whorled arrangement

Leaf

Basic parts

Epidermal peel

Epidermal peel
o Anomocytic type of stomata

x.s. of Aloe vera leaf

RIND

VASCULAR BUNDLES

 Uniseriate epidermis

CUTICLE

x.s. of Aloe vera leaf

Presence of elastic sacs

 Raphide plant crystals

 Vascular bundle below the rind

 Chloroplasts suspended along the periphery of the cells

 Vascular bundle

 Presence of bulliform cells

Stem

 Transition from root to stem

 Angular collenchyma supporting the overlap of the leaf sheaths

Root

 Root epidermis

 Stele

ENDODERMIS PROTOXYLEM

PERICYCLE METAXYLEM PITH

PHLOEM

 Perforation plate