Planteome: Term Details for "sapwood" (PO:0004513)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0004513
Name: sapwood
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: albura (Spanish, exact), 液材、辺材 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has as parts living secondary xylem parenchyma cells (PO:0004525). Source: POC:curators, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: Sapwood contains reserve materials and may function in the conduction of water and minerals (xylem sap (PO:0025539)). It is generally lighter colored than the heartwood (PO:0004512) and is located between the heartwood and the vascular cambium (PO:0005598) of a shoot axis (PO:0025029) or root (PO:0009005). Sapwood forms during a secondary xylem development stage (PO:0025427).
Subset: TraitNet
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to sapwood.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to sapwood.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for sapwood.
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