Morphology

P, 5-10m

Ecology

shrub desert cultivated

Chorology

SW- North America

Xylem

Distinct rings, ring porous, vessels solitary and in short radial multiples, simple perforations, vessel pits vestured, vessel diameter >100µm, fibers thick-walled, parenchyma aliform and confluent, ray width 1-3 cells, homocellular, procument cells, prismatic crystals present,

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Without sieve tube groups, tangential layers of collapsed sieve tubes, tangential rows of sclerenchymatic groups, prismatic crystals present.

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