Exploration of Foliar Epidermal Pattern in Cucumispubescens willd

Abstract

The Indian wild taxa CucumispubescensWilld.is a weed belonging to family Cucurbitaceae,a family that grows wild in the arid and shadow regions of India. In the present investigation the plant were subjected to detailed and critical analyses of the foliar epidermal characteristics. For this work parameters like number of stomata and epidermal cell per mm², length and breadth of stomata, pore area, guard cell index, pore area index and total pore area were analysed. To the best knowledge, the foliar epidermal work has been done for the first time. The leaves were amphistomatic and differed in the morphology of the walls of the normal epidermal cells. In plant, the numbers of stomata were more on the abaxial surface than adaxial surface. The mean values of number of stomata and epidermal cells (per mm²), length and breadth of stomata (µm), pore area, Guard cell index, pore area index and total pore area on abaxial and adaxial epidermal surfaces are 501, 251, 5.2, 3.7, 26, 49, 145, 0.7 and 254, 89, 5.7, 4.3, 23, 40, 104, 0.2 respectively.