Anatomia foliar de Geoffroea decorticans (Hill. ex Hook et Arn.) Burkart (Leguminosae) en la Provincia de San Luis, Argentina

This paper deals with the anatomical leaf characters of Geoffroea decorticans (Hill. ex Hook. et Arn.) Burkart (Leguminosae) from the Province of San Luis, Argentina. The anatomy of leaflets is described and illustrated by microphotographs and sketches drawn with a drawing tube. The presence of alkaloids and tannins in mesophyll idioblasts was determined through histochemical tests and chromatographic analyses.