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Morphology

tree, 5m

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

originally SE Asia

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse porous to slightly semi-ring porous, vessels in radial rows of 2-6 and solitary, earlywood vessel diameter 40 - 70mµ, fibers with small unbordered pits with slit-like apertures (libiriform fibers), vessel frequency 80-200 mm2, intervessel pits scalariform, simple perforations, parenchyma marginal, ray width 2-3 cells, rays homogeneus, cells procumbent and square, vessel ray pits round to oval in horizontal rows.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Distinct tangential layers of thick-walled fibers and sieve cell/parenchyma. With ray dilatations. Groups of sclereids in the phloem and the cortex. With oil cells in at the pith border.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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