Artemisia absinthium (leaf)

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             | source=The leafy tops of ''Absinthium vulgare'' Lam. Compositae.
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             | description=The leafy tops of ''Absinthium vulgare'' Lam. Compositae.
 
             | color=Grayish green.
 
             | color=Grayish green.
 
             | flavor=Very bitter, somewhat saline.
 
             | flavor=Very bitter, somewhat saline.

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The leafy tops of Absinthium vulgare Lam. Compositae.

The leafy tops of Absinthium vulgare Lam. Compositae. 

General Characteristics The most distinctive tissue elements are the very abundant T-shaped, rather thin-walled trichromes with three to four basal cells; the rather large, yellowish, sessile, glandular trichromes with several vertical tiers of cells, are also quite diagnostic some pollen grains presenting the characteristics of the pollen of the order Compositae will generally be found. The vertical walls of the epidermal cells are wavy or sinuate and the stomata are abundant and fairly large.

Compare with Achilea and insect powder which are similar in certain of the histological characteristics. 

Color Grayish green. 

Scent Faintly aromatic, disagreeable and narcotic when briskly rubbed. 

Flavor Very bitter, somewhat saline. 

Ash Content Ash should not exceed 13 per cent.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [1]


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