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In different species ofJatropha examined a profusely branched system of non-articulated laticifers is found distributed in different plant organs. They originate in the embryonic stage from certain initials and keep pace with the growth of the plant. A few laticifers may also arise independently from spongy mesophyll cells in the leaves. The laticifers are present in all the parts of the plant chiefly occurring in the vicinity of vascular elements. Some preliminary qualitative tests showed in the latex, presence of certain enzymes and metabolic products like amino-acids, sugars, etc., showing thereby that latex does not only contain excretory products, but has also substances of some economic importance.
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Communicated by Prof. L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc., m.sc., ph.d. (Lond.),f.l.s.
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Rao, A.R., Malaviya, M. On the latex-cells and latex ofJatropha . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 60, 95–106 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052354
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