Botany BIPH 1310

Course description:

The course covers the basic concept of Pharmaceutical Botany; Presentation of morphological knowledge of medicinal plants. Morphological properties of herbal tissues and their application in plant identification will be studied. Principles, morphological properties of root, stem, leaves, flower, inflorescence, fruit and seed, identification keys and use of identification keys.
This course covers also the botanical classification of algae, fungi, lichen, bryophyte, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, and characteristics of more than forty important families and related medicinal plants.

Course Aims:

  • Provide students with the fundamentals of general and special botany with special emphasis on medicinal plants.
  • Provide theoretical training for botanical knowledge of plant and fungal drugs, particularly those that have medicinal interest.
  • Help students become better informed regarding the role of plants in the environment and the use of plants by humans. 
  • Make students aware of changing technologies in science and the responsibilities and ethical decisions that comes with the use of various technologies. 

Course outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:  
  • Explain the basic concepts of botany.
  • Define and compare the types and roles of plant  tissues.
  • Define the morphological and anatomical characteristics of vegetative and generative plant organs.
  • Describe the functions of plant organs.
  • Differentiate and identify the species of selected families with special emphasis on medicinal plant species.