spongy mesophyll

Term Information

Accession
PO:0005647
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
related: spongy parenchyma
exact: mesófilo esponjoso (Spanish)
exact: 海綿状葉肉 (Japanese)
Definition
Leaf mesophyll parenchyma characterized by little elongated cells, that are not closely packed and have conspicuous intercellular spaces. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, ISBN:0080374913]
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If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025) or non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075), depending on the species. All annotations for angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes should go to vascular leaf and all annotations for bryophytes should go to non-vascular leaf.

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