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Transverse section through a dicot root: outer part
Legend:
1 epidermis
3 vascular cylinder
2 cortex
English name: Broad bean
Scientific name: Vicia faba
Familia: Leguminosae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
The central cylinder is not fully developed yet. Compare with this early stage with that of a fully developedroot of Ranunculus.