title: [Morphological characteristics of fruits and seeds of Chinese Caesalpinia and its taxonomic significance].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To set up a toxonomic approach to the morphological characteristics of fruits and seeds of Chinese Caesalpinia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ripe fruits collected in the field are dried in the shade, are surveyed and described and the fruit's and seed's morphological characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The interspecific differences of morphological characteristics among the fruits and seeds are obvious. The characteristics are stable. A key for their identification is given.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The above approach can be used as the taxonomic criteria for species differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Guizhou Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Guiyang 550002.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D029911:Caesalpinia; D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000145:classification; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D005638:Fruit / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D012639:Seeds / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal