Morphological and anatomical structure of Rubus saxatilis leaf

Introduction to the practical use of local raw materials of medicinal plants has an important practical significancefor pharmacy and cosmetic industry. Interest in raw materials of Rubus saxatilis is due to the biologicalactivity of compounds, use in folk medicine, as well as significant amounts of raw materials growing inCentral Kazakhstan. To introduce the raw material into practical application, the task of analyzing theanatomo-morphological structure and identifying diagnostic features of the raw material was set. The resultsshowed that at the macroscopic level as diagnostic features of Rubus saxatilis raw material can be indicatedthe difference in the structure of the upper and lower side of leaves, type of veining, the presence of softprickles, the structure of triple-complex leaves, almost complete absence of pubescence. At the microscopiclevel, the diagnostic features of this species are the shape of transverse sections, the shape of leaf epidermiscells and leaf petiole, the localization of receptacles in the mesophyll, the presence of rare simple unicellulartrichomes and essential oil glands raised above the surface of the epidermis. The results obtained can serve asadditional taxonomic characters in determining the species and authentication of raw materials of Rubussaxatilis.