Open AccessDetalles utraestructurales de la madera de algunas Boraginaceae de México
Author(s) -
Josefina Barajas-Morales
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
botanical sciences/botanical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2007-4476
pISSN - 2007-4298
DOI - 10.17129/botsci.1294
Subject(s) - boraginaceae , humanities , physics , chemistry , botany , biology , philosophy
Vestured pits and different kinds of inclusions was searched for under the scanning microscope in five species of Cordia and one of Bourreria. Calcium oxalate crystals and tyloses were found in all five species of Cordia while in B. purpusii crystals were found but not tyloses . Vestured pits were found in C. alliodora , C. elaeagnoides and B. purpussi, starch was also found in the fibres and parenchyma of C. alliodora y C. dentata.