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India is one of the highest resource of medicinal plant in the world. Many plants are studied well for its medicinal importance which are written in Ayurved. But there are some plant which are not written in Ayurved but used by traditional medicinal practitioners. These drugs are called as anukta dravya i.e. scientifically unexplored. So in this category one plant i.e. Rhynchosia minima DC belonging to family fabaceae which is used in Gujarat. The aim of the study focuses on detailed microscopy of root along with root powder and micrometry of Rhynchosia minima DC. Rhynchosia minima DC. was collected from natural habitat which was free from pollution out skirts and from the edge of cultivated region of Jamnagar in month of September-November. Diagrammatic T.S. of root is circular in outline. Outer cork is followed by cortex, endodermis, pericyclic fiber & vascular bundles. Root is tap root with secondary and tertiary root along with root nodules. Dark brown in color, rounded, hard inner creamish, fracture fibrous.