title: [Identification of Chinese drug sea coconut].
abstract: Sea Coconut is the seed of Lodoicea maldivica Persoon, palmae. It is one species in the Seychelles Islands, Africa. The drug is yellow-white in colour, slice-shaped, 12 cm in length and 4 cm in breadth. Seed-coat cell circular in shape. Under seed-coat, the cells are elliptic, and stone cells are rectangle with thick wall and large pit. Endosperm cell elongate with thick wall and large pits, the end of pits enlarge as a pearl.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510407.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D028023:Arecaceae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D003059:Cocos / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal