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The non-articulate, simple, feebly branched laticifers ofEuphorbia tirucalli, occurring in the stem and leaf, have been investigated. The young laticifers are multinucleate, thin-walled, and full of contents, while the older ones develop a secondary wall traversed by numerous, obliquely running pit-canals. A qualitative analysis of the latex shows presence of some carbohydrates, proteolytic enzymes, amylase, etc.
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Communicated by Prof. L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc. (Lond.)
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Rao, A.R., Menon, V.K. & Malaviya, M. The laticifers and latex ofEuphorbia tirucalli Linn. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 67, 61–67 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051685
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