Outer bark

Creator(s): S. A. Mori

Description: Thick outer bark and thin inner bark of Corythophora rimosa subsp. rubra from an unvouchered plant from the vicinity of Saül, French Guiana. Note that the outer bark is fissured.

Rights: Rights reside with creator, otherwise property of NYBG.

  • Title

    Outer bark

  • Definition

    All tissue of the trunk and stems produced by the cork cambium, this includes the phelloderm, the cork cambium or phellogen, and the cork or phellum (the dead bark tissue).

  • Notes

    In Lecythidaceae, the thickness of the outer bark sometimes provides an aid for identification.

  • Related Terms

    Inner bark

  • Broader Terms

    Bark

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