FIGURE 5 in Comparative anatomy of young stems and leaves of 16 Dalbergia species (Fabaceae) from Madagascar and their taxonomic significance

FIGURE 5. Cross-sections of the lamina. A. D. greveana, three layers of palisade parenchyma, two layers of hypoderm. B. D. baronii, hypodermis, abaxial epidermis papillose C. Dalbergia chlorocarpa, one layer of palisade parenchyma. D. D. normandii, one to two layers of palisade parenchyma. E. D. urschii, two layers of palisade parenchyma, intercellular spaces in spongy parenchyma. F. D. razakamalalae, mesophyll entirely occupied by 5 layers of palisade parenchyma. G. D. lemurica, starch grains in spongy parenchyma. H. D. purpurascens, styloid in palisade parenchyma. Ab. E: abaxial epidermis, Ad. E: adaxial epidermis, is: intercellular space, h: hypodermis, sg: starch grain, ep: epidermis papillose, st: styloid, pp: palisade parenchyma, sp: spongy parenchyma.