Planteome: Term Details for "early wood" (PO:0004515)

Accession: PO:0004515
Name: early wood
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: earlywood (exact), madera temprana (Spanish, exact), 早材 (Japanese, exact), spring wood (related)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that is a part of a growth ring (PO:0004514) formed during the early part of a growing season, has lower density than late wood (PO:0004516) of the same growth ring, and has as parts early wood tracheary elements (PO:0025461) with generally larger lumens than the late wood tracheary elements (PO:0025462) of the same growth ring. Source: POC:curators, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: The transition from early wood to late wood may be gradual and is not always easy to distinguish.
Subset: TraitNet
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subject	relation	object
early wood	BFO:0000050	growth ring (PO:0004514)
early wood	is_a	secondary xylem (PO:0005848)

subject	relation	object
early wood tracheary element (PO:0025461)	BFO:0000050	early wood