laticifer

• Conducto o célula especializada en plantas que contiene o transporta látex, típicamente presente en ciertas familias de angiospermas.

A plant duct or cell that contains latex, typically found in certain families of flowering plants.

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   A specialized plant cell or tissue that produces and stores latex, a milky fluid found in certain plants like rubber trees and poppies.

   Laticífero

   • The laticifer network in the rubber tree is responsible for latex production.
   • Botanists studied the development of laticifers in the opium poppy.
   • Latex flows through the laticifers when the plant's bark is cut.