Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Chambered pith of a walnut tree. Photo by C. A. Gracie.

Description: Chambered pith of the black walnut (Julglans nigra) based on an unvouchered plant at Jamestown, Virgiana. Note that the color of the chambered pith of this species is cinnamon-brown in contrast to the dark chocolate brown of the butternut (J. cinerea).

Term:

Chambered pith

Definition:

Referring to a pith that has chambers in the stem caused by septations at right angles to the long axis.

Related Terms:

Pith