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Transverse section through a dicot root: central cylinder

Legend:

1  cortex
3  pericycle
4  phloem
5  xylem
2  endodermis
6  pith

English name: Broad bean
Scientific name: Vicia faba
Familia: Leguminosae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

The not yet fully developed xylem exhibits a star-shaped arrangement among phloem elements