Morphology

T, 15 - 50 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Mediterranean

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels solitary and in radial multiples, vessel diameter 30-70 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thin to thick-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, ray width 5-7 cells, included phloem concentric, continuous, conjunctive tissue unlignified and thin-walled, with crystal sand in idioblasts.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, with crystal sand in idioblasts.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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