M. Chatri, A. Baktiar, M. Mansyurdin, P. Periadnadi
Hyptis suaveolens L. Poit is one of the plants from family Lamiaceae and is an aromatic plant. The aroma contained in plants is usually secreted by certain structures in plants, such as glandular trichomes. At this plant has been carried out observations about the type and distribution of trichomes by using light microscopy and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy). The results showed that the leaves of this plant are non-glandular trichomes types and glandular, either on the surface abaxial and adaxial and on the veins. Non-glandular trichomes consist of the monoselular and multicellular trichomes. While the glandular trichomes consist of peltate type, capitate type I and type II. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
