PELARGONIUM CARNOSUM (L.) L’HÉR.

Stem cortex has abundant tannins and some amyloplasts. Wood is diffused fibrous. Axial matrix is formed by: narrow bands of libriform fibers, wide lumen libriform fibers, apotracheal axial parenchyma, and helical, annular and mostly pseudoscalariform secondary walls with simple perforations vessels. Rays are multiseriate (Fig. 3A, B). Ray secondary phloem parenchyma is distorted. Pith has abundant tannins and few amyloplasts.