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Exudate | Any liquid substance emitted from a plant when it is cut; e.g., latex, sap, or resin | |
Latex | Opaque, white, creamy, or yellow, free-flowing exudate, usually observed from a wound in a plant; species of Clusiaceae usually exude latex when wounded. | |
Sap | A free-flowing exudate that can be translucent, colorless, yellow, orange, or red. It is not as thick and viscous as latex. | |
Tannin | General term for a heterogeneous group of secondary, water-soluble plant compounds derived from phenols that often give a dark appearance to the cells in which they are found. | |
Vitta (plural = vittae) | An oil tube in the ovary walls of fruits of Apiaceae. |