Morphology

T, 3-10 cm

Ecology

subtropicalalalal, succulent bush zone

Chorology

Eurasiatic-mediterranean

Xylem

Only one ring, vessels solitary, vessels small (<20microns) paratracheal parenchyma, unlignified ray cells, ray width 1 -3 cells, crystals absent, included phloem.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Groups of sieve cells and parenchyma in irregular radial rows, without crystals.

Remarks

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Tangential section:
Radial section:
Bark:

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
   
Tangential section
 

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