Morfo-anatomia das folhas de Vernonia condensata Baker (Asteraceae), o "figatil"

The leaves of Vernonia condensata Baker, popularly known as figatil were analyzed in its morphology and anatomy with the aim to provide information to pharmacological studies. The leaves are ovate with acute apex, atenuate base, serriate margin and hypostamatic anomocytic stomata and two types of glandular trichomes. The mesophyll is dorsiventral and the vascular bundles are colateral. Druses occur in the petiole.