Morphology

liana, succulent

Ecology

hill and mountain zone

Chorology

E-Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, ring porous, vessels in groups, simple perforations, intervessel pits mostly scalariform, frequently transitions between opposite and scalariform, fibers thin-to thick walled, with septate fibers, parenchyma paratracheal, ray width 3-6 cells, heterocellular wit 4-many square and upright cells, vessel-ray pits horizontal, gash-like, ray height >1mm

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Slide missing.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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