Morphology

shrub, -1,5m

Ecology

desert, dry site

Chorology

Australia, Center

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels mainly solitary, thick walled, vessel diameter 40-50 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thin to thick-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, ray width 4-7 cells, included phloem concentric, continuous, conjunctive tissue fairly thin-walled. lignified, with isodiametric crystals.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, with a band of thick walled sclereids, with out crystals.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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