Planteome: Term Details for "salt gland" (PO:0005661)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0005661
Name: salt gland
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: glándula de sal (Spanish, exact), 塩腺 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A specialized tissue where excess salt absorbed in water from the soil is concentrated, being stores or excreted. Source: Gramene:Pankaj_Jaiswal, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: A crust of salt forms on leaves which tastes bad and the white surfaces act to reflect light. Example, as is Mangrove vegetation.
Subset: None
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