Strophiole of seeds of the black locust acts as a water gap

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-232

  Karaki, Takayuki ^a   Watanabe, Yoko ^a   Kondo, Tetsuya ^a   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black locust; Hard seed; Strophiole; Water gap; Water impermeable seed coat

Indexed keywords

PAPILIONOIDEA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84865572361     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2011.00343.x     Document Type: Note

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