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Morphology

T, 20-60cm

Ecology

subtropical, succulent zone

Chorology

cosmopolitean

Xylem

Indistinct rings, diffuse porous, vessels solitary and in groups, vessel diameter 40 ¿100µm, vessel frequency 100-200 mm2, simple perforations, scalariform intervessel pits, fibers thin-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, ray width 3-5 cells, ray cells unlignified and thin-walled, exclusively square and upright ray cells, without crystals

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With tangential rows of sieve cell groups, distinct ray dilatations, without sclereids, With crystal sand.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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