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Morphology

P, 5-10m

Ecology

arid desert

Chorology

NEAfrica

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels solitary and in short radial multiples, simple perforations, fiber 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.

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

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