Term:
Wood tangential section
Wood tangential section
Definition:
A wood anatomical section that cuts across the rays of a block of wood or a stem.
A wood anatomical section that cuts across the rays of a block of wood or a stem.
Glossary Details:
Title: Wood tangential section. Photo by C. de Zeeuw.
Description: Wood tangential section of Couratari oblongifolia based on Black & Ledoux 47-953 from Pará, Brazil. The multiseriate groups of cells represent the rays and the bands between the cells are fibers. Flora Neotropica Monograph 21(II) Fig. 16b.