Outer bark laminated
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Title
Outer bark laminated
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Definition
The outer bark has distinct lines as seen without magnfication. This feature is seen only by making a slash of the bark.
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Notes
Other species of Lecythis may be laminated but this is not visible without making anatomical sections. For example, the bark of Lecythis corrugata is beaten to produce lamina used, at least in the past, for cigarette paper. These is caused by the presence of concentric layers of parenchyma and, thus, the outer bark is laminated at the anatomical level but this species in not laminated at the macroscopic level.
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