Chestnut Leaf with Visible Leaf Veins (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Chestnut Leaf with Visible Leaf Veins

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Vascular tissue pervades the entire plant body, supplying the plant with water and salts from the ground via the xylem, and with metabolic products such as sugars from photosynthesis via the phloem.

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Photo: C. Schwechheimer/ TUM

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