The presented research comprised an anatomical study of the species Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. in Iraq. The vertical section of the leaf blade, which passed through the midrib, appeared in a semi-circular form, and the upper surface of the epidermis showed the eglandular trichomes covering the surface of the leaf. The stomata that seemed to occur on both surfaces of the leaf, called amphistomatic, were of a paracytic stomatal type. The needle-type crystals also emerged on the surface of the epidermis. The vein course was of the brochidodromous type. The pollen grains were zonocolpate, hexacolpate, prolate to subprolate, and exine ornamentation, as recognized with three types. Moreover, the study determined the phenolic and flavonoid compounds, and the phenol and flavonoid concentrations were 1.993 ± 0.005 and 191.682 ± 2.273, respectively.
Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth., leaf veins, stomata, pollen grains, phenol, flavonoid
The C. scutellarioides is notably palatable and has medicinal values based on its biochemical and pharmacological formatting.