Term:
Trunk buttressed
Trunk buttressed
Definition:
An outgrowth at the base of a tree trunk that does not completely surround the tree.
An outgrowth at the base of a tree trunk that does not completely surround the tree.
Notes:
In the Lecythidaceae, buttresses are found mostly in canopy or emergent trees but not in all of them.
In the Lecythidaceae, buttresses are found mostly in canopy or emergent trees but not in all of them.