A more comprehensive study on more species of the
two families is suggested that would provide conclusive
evidence of good anatomical characters for species
differentiation in the Vitaceae and Leeaceae especially in
the absence of floral materials.
5. CONCLUSION
The results conclude that starch grains are present in
the pith of the Vitaceae species studied but are absent in
both L. rubra and L. indica.
6. ACKNOWLEGEMENT
I would like to thank Samiah Kadri and Mohd. Ruzi
for their technical assistance. We wish to express our
gratitude to the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for
financial support via FRGS grant UKM-ST-08-
FRGS0013-2009.