Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Stem and petiole bases of a species of Sapotaceae. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Stem and petiole bases of a species of Ecclinusa, the only genus of neotropical Sapotaceae with conspicuous stipule scars. The stipules of this and other species of the genus persist on the stem only briefly.

Term:

Axillary

Definition:

Arising from an axil; for example, an axillary bud arising in the axil between the stem and the petiole.