Forest Biology of Tropical Plants Laboratory: This plant form belongs to the family of grasses, Graminae, or Poaceae. Similar to palms, they do not exhibit secondary thickening although it appears that they are woody due to the formation of large amounts of sclerenchyma cells in its culm.

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This plant form belongs to the family of grasses, Graminae, or Poaceae. Similar to palms, they do not exhibit secondary thickening although it appears that they are woody due to the formation of large amounts of sclerenchyma cells in its culm.

Christine Deluna · Accepted Answer

Bamboo

Forest Biology of Tropical Plants Laboratory

This plant form belongs to the family of grasses, Graminae, or Poaceae. Similar to palms, they do not exhibit secondary thickening although it appears that they are woody due to the formation of large amounts of sclerenchyma cells in its culm.

Bamboo

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