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Morphology

shrub -2m

Ecology

subtropical, thermophile zone, medium site

Chorology

Macaronesian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels mostly in long radial clusters, vessel diameter 50-120 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits scalariform and round, with tylosis, fibers thin-to thick walled, paratracheal parenchyma, rays 5-8 cells, included phloem concentric with single vascular bundles, phloem in round groups, conjunctive tissue thin-walled, with few crystal druses.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, distinct dilatations, with few crystal druses.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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