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Term Information

Accession
PO:0004515
Name
early wood
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
earlywood (exact), madera temprana (Spanish, exact), 早材 (Japanese, exact), spring wood (related)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that is a part of a growth ring (PO:0004514) formed during the early part of a growing season, has lower density than late wood (PO:0004516) of the same growth ring, and has as parts early wood tracheary elements (PO:0025461) with generally larger lumens than the late wood tracheary elements (PO:0025462) of the same growth ring. Source: POC:curators, ISBN:0471245208
Comment
The transition from early wood to late wood may be gradual and is not always easy to distinguish.
Subset
TraitNet
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Parents of early wood (PO:0004515)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
early wood [is_a relation] is_a  secondary xylem (PO:0005848)
early wood [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  growth ring (PO:0004514)
Children of early wood (PO:0004515)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
early wood tracheary element (PO:0025461) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  early wood
PO_GIT
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