Term:
Wood cross section
Wood cross section
Definition:
An anatomical section that runs at right angles to the main axis of the stem or the trunk.
An anatomical section that runs at right angles to the main axis of the stem or the trunk.
Glossary Details:
Title: Wood cross-section. Photo by de C. de Zeeuw.
Description: Wood cross-section of Couratari oblongifolia based on Fróes 1901 from Maranhão, Brazil. The pores are the vessels, the lines running the length of the section represent the rays, and the lines running the wide of the section represent the axial parenchyma. Flora Neotropica Monograph 21(II): Fig. 16a.