kulattha :

Transverse section of seed shows testa consisting of a single layer of columnar,

thin-walled, parenchymatous, palisade like cells covered with a thin cuticle followed by

single layer of rectangular to square bearer cells and 3-4 layers of thin-walled

rectangular parenchymatous cells, more wide at micropyler region, cotyledon consisting

of single layer of upper and lower epidermis covered with a thin cuticle, epidermal cells

thin-walled, rectangular and parenchymatous followed by mesophyll, consisting of

angular parenchymatous cells, filled with numerous simple starch grains and protein

bodies also present.

Kotakkal Ayurveda - Mother land of modern ayurveda

kulattha - Dolichos biflorus Linn., Vigna unquiculata - Fabaceae