Morphology

shrub, 1-2m

Ecology

hill and mountain zone dry site

Chorology

China

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse to semi-ring porous, vessels in dendritic patterns, simple perforations, fine spiral thickenings, earlywood vessel diameter 30 - 40µm, fibers thick-walled, few fiber tracheids, parenchyma absent or not to recognize, ray width 4-10 cell, all ray cells prostrate, ray height >1mm, prismatic crystals in rays.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Tangential layers of collapsed sieve cells, few isolated sclerenchymatic cells in tangential rows, annual? tangential cracks. With prismatic crystals

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
   
Tangential section
 
Radial section
  
Bark
  

© 2005 WSL - F. Schweingruber, W. Landolt, last update 18.11.2010