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 "''Althaea'' is usually cut into small pieces about 5 mm. in diameter, of a uniform grayish-white color and otherwise having the characters of entire roots; occasionally entire, slenderly tapering, attaining a length of 30 cm. and a thickness of 2 cm., externally whitish, longitudinally furrowed, frequently spirally twisted and covered with the somewhat loosened bast-fibers; fracture of bark fibrous, of wood short and granular; internally yellowish-white; bark 1 to 2 mm. thick, porous, due to mucilage cells, and separated from the slightly radiating wood by a distinct, grayish cambium zone..." }}
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               | image2=Althaea officinalis Tropicos 1000107287.jpg
               | reference=Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Aug 2013 <http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100107288>, Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Aug 2013 <http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100107287>
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−	{{DISPLAYTITLE:'' Althaea officinalis'' (root) }}	+	{{DISPLAYTITLE:'' Althaea officinalis'' (root) }} {{askbox\|herb=''Althaea officinalis''}}
	=Nomenclature=		=Nomenclature=

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 =Organoleptic Characteristics=
+{| border=1
 {{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
 | description="''Althaea officinalis'' ... odor slight; taste sweetish, mucilaginous."}}
+|}
 =Macroscopic Characteristics=
 {| border=1

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 | description=The powder is whitish; starch grains numerous, from 0.003 to 0.02 mm. in diameter, usually with a long cleft at the point of origin of growth; sclerenchymatous fibers in groups, the walls being quite thick and more or less lignified; trachese with scalariform thickenings or with bordered pores; calcium oxalate crystals few, in rosette aggregates from 0.02 mm. to 0.03 mm. in diameter. }}
-{{Media |cat=Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
+{{Media2 |cat=Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
         | companyimage= AP-LOGO-Laboratories Crop - Copy.jpg
         | companyURL=http://www.alkemist.com

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 =Botanical Voucher Specimen=
 =Organoleptic Characteristics=
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 =Macroscopic Characteristics=
+{| border=1
 {{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
-| description="''Althaea officinalis'' is an herbaceous perennial,
+| description="''Althaea officinalis'' is an herbaceous perennial, with a perpendicular branching root and erect woolly stems, from two to four feet or more in height, branched and leafy towards the summit.
 with a perpendicular branching root and erect woolly stems, from two to four feet or more in height, branched and leafy towards the summit.
 The flowers are terminal and axillary, with short peduncles, each bearing one, two, or three flowers.
 The corolla has five spreading, obcordate petals, of a pale rose color. The
 fruit consists of numerous capsules united in a compact circular form,
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 "''Althaea'' is usually cut into small pieces about 5 mm. in diameter, of a uniform grayish-white color and otherwise having the characters of entire roots; occasionally entire, slenderly tapering, attaining a length of 30 cm. and a thickness of 2 cm., externally whitish, longitudinally furrowed, frequently spirally twisted and covered with the somewhat loosened bast-fibers; fracture of bark fibrous, of wood short and granular; internally yellowish-white; bark 1 to 2 mm. thick, porous, due to mucilage cells, and separated from the slightly radiating wood by a distinct, grayish cambium zone..." }}
 =Microscopic Characteristics=
-{{Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
+{| border=1
         | companyimage= AP-LOGO-Laboratories Crop - Copy.jpg
-        | companyURL=http://www.Alkemist.com
+        | companyURL=http://www.alkemist.com
         | mainimage=Marshmallow Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
         | caption1=Bast fibers observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
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               | reference=Powdered Vegetable Drugs, Jackson, B., 1968
         | }}
 |}
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-{{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
-| description=The powder is whitish;
-starch grains numerous, from 0.003 to 0.02 mm. in diameter, usually with a long cleft at the point of origin of growth; sclerenchymatous fibers in groups, the walls being quite thick and more or less lignified; trachese with scalariform thickenings or with bordered pores; calcium oxalate crystals few, in rosette aggregates from 0.02 mm. to 0.03 mm. in diameter. }}
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 =High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification=

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 |notes= }}
-=Macroscopic Entries=
+=Botanical Voucher Specimen=
-{{Macroscopy | source=United States Dispensatory (1918)
-| description=''Althaea officinalis'' is an herbaceous perennial,
-with a perpendicular branching root and erect woolly stems, from two to four feet or more in height, branched and leafy towards the summit.
-The flowers are terminal and axillary, with short peduncles, each bearing one, two, or three flowers.
-The corolla has five spreading, obcordate petals, of a pale rose color. The
-fruit consists of numerous capsules united in a compact circular form,
-each containing a single seed.
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-''Althaea'' is usually cut into small pieces about 5 mm. in diameter, of a uniform grayish-white color and otherwise having the characters of entire roots; occasionally entire, slenderly tapering, attaining a length of 30 cm. and a thickness of 2 cm., externally whitish, longitudinally furrowed, frequently spirally twisted and covered with the somewhat loosened bast-fibers; fracture of bark fibrous, of wood short and granular; internally yellowish-white; bark 1 to 2 mm. thick, porous, due to mucilage cells, and separated from the slightly radiating wood by a distinct, grayish cambium zone; odor slight; taste sweetish, mucilaginous. }}
 {{Macroscopy | source=MOBOT, Tropicos.org
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-=Microscopic Entries=
+=Organoleptic Characteristics=
 {{Microscopy | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
         | companyimage= AP-LOGO-Laboratories Crop - Copy.jpg
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 starch grains numerous, from 0.003 to 0.02 mm. in diameter, usually with a long cleft at the point of origin of growth; sclerenchymatous fibers in groups, the walls being quite thick and more or less lignified; trachese with scalariform thickenings or with bordered pores; calcium oxalate crystals few, in rosette aggregates from 0.02 mm. to 0.03 mm. in diameter. }}
-=HPTLC Entries=
+=High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification=
 {{HPTLC | source=Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories
               | description=Marshmallow (root) (''Althaea officinalis'')
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               | }}
-=Other Points of Interest=
+=Supplementary Information=
-[[Category:NoIntro]]