Calcium crystals in the leaves of some species of Moraceae

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-104

  Wu, Chi Chih ^a   Kuo Huang, Ling Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate crystals; Calcium oxalate crystals; Moraceae

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; CUDRANIA COCHINCHINENSIS; FICUS ELASTICA; FICUS VIRGATA; HUMULUS; HUMULUS JAPONICUS; MACLURA; MORACEAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0030922740     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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