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Morphology

p, 3-5 m

Ecology

hill and mountain cultivated

Chorology

SW-Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring to ring-porous, vessels solitary and in more or less radial groups, simple perforation, earlywood vessel diameter 80-120µm, with thin helical thickenings, fibers with large pits, fibers thin- to thick-walled, parenchyma apotracheal, rays uniseriate and 3-5 seriate, partially with sheet cells, heterocellular with many prostrate and a few upright cells with a few crystal druses in rays.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With many phloem and a few larger parenchyma cells, sclerenchyma in long radial groups, with crystal druses, tissue radially splitted, multilayered periderm with regular arranged cells, mostly compressed.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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