PHARMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION OF TERMINALIA PALLIDA BRANDIS
The present communication deal with the pharmacognostical studies of Terminalia Pallida Brandi’s leaf. It is endemic plant of Tirumala hills and is commonly called as Tellakarka, Velamakaraka in Telugu. This plant has considerable economic importance and its fruits are recommended mainly for medicinal use. No systematic study reports are available on the pharmacognostical studies of the leaf. Hence, the present work was undertaken. The study revealed to study the various parameters which help in the identification of crude drug and adulteration of original drug with lower or inferior quality of the drug.