Aerial roots

Phyllanthus virgatus, is rubbed around the ear for ear infections. Extract of different dried parts of the palm are taken orally for filari-asis. A water solution of the cmshed dried bark or husk and grated bark of Hibiscus tiliaceus is used externally to soak fractures and sprains. Crushed aerial root tips of Ficus prolixa are fried with coconut cream made of fresh endosperm, and the resulting oil is taken orally as a laxative in treating serious diseases " . 

Shrubs or trees margins of the usually spirally arranged leaves often prickly aerial roots often present.Order Pandanales... 

Krauss, K.W., Allen, J.A., and Cahoon, D.R. (2003) Differential rates of vertical accretion and elevation change among aerial root types in Micronesian mangrove forests. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 56, 251-259. 

McKee, K.L., Mendelssohn, I.A., and Hester, M.W. (1988) Reexamination of pore water sulfide concentrations and redox potentials near the aerial roots of Rhizophora mangle and Avicenna germinans. Am. J. Bot. 75 1352-1359. 

Westcott, R.J., Cheetham, P.S.J. and Barraclough, A.J. (1 993) Use of organized viable vanilla plant aerial roots for the production of natural vanillin. Phytochemistry 35(1), 135-138. 

Ottawa 3 (03) Bemali Canada Sweden Rubin X M9 M4 X Codlin > M9 > M9 No aerial roots Difficult to propagate... 

P. mahaleb X P. pseudocerasus, UK medium, frequent aerial roots, burr knot formation good early... 

Eastern poison oak Toxicodendron quercifolium (Michx.) Greene, Anacardiaceae. Differs significantly from poison ivy. Never climbs or produces aerial roots and rarely hybridizes with poison ivy. Habit Southern New Jersey to Florida, west to eastern Texas and Kansas. Constit Poisons may be the same as in poison ivy or Western poison oak. 

Aerial Roots Flowers Aerial Roots Roots and rhizomes... 

Lamellar suberin in aerial root cell walls No rhytidome... 

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