Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Mucilage ducts in selected species of Lecythis. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Title: Cross section of an ovary of Lecythis prancei. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Cross section of an ovary of Lecythis prancei based on Mori et al. 27262 from Km 41 of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil. Note the four locules and the mucilage ducts around the outside of the ovary wall.

Term:

Mucilage

Definition:

A sticky, viscous liquid; e.g., that present among the leaf bases of Rapateaceae or in canals penetrating the ovary and sepals of some Lecythidaceae.