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Securinega suffruticosa: In Vitro Culture and the Formation of Securinega Alkaloids

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 15))

Abstract

Securinega suffruticosa Rhed (S. fluggeoides Muell. Arg.) belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae, is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high with greenish branches (Fig. 1). The leaves are alternate, short-petioled, oval or ovate, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous thin, acute or obtuse, and from 3 to 5 cm long. The flowers are dioecious, inconspicuous greenish white, in axillary clusters or solitary with small and subglobose greenish capsules, with five small sepals. Petals are absent. The male flowers are in fascicle, usually with five stamens. Two to eight female flowers form clusters with slightly longer peduncles and have a tristigmata style. The ovary is composed of three carpels, and one or two seeds are borne in a three-lobed dehiscent capsule. This plant is found in Japan, Korea, China, and some areas of the Eurasian continent.

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Ide, A. (1991). Securinega suffruticosa: In Vitro Culture and the Formation of Securinega Alkaloids. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84071-5_25

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