Back إهاب النبات Arabic Kutikula Azerbaijani উদ্ভিদ কিউটিকল Bengali/Bangla Biljna kutikula BS Cutícula Catalan Cuticula (Pflanzen) German Cutícula (botánica) Spanish Kutiikula (botaanika) Estonian Kutikula (botanika) Basque کوتیکول گیاهی Persian
A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer (epidermis) of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here meaning all plant parts not embedded in soil or other substrate) that have no periderm. The film consists of lipid and hydrocarbon polymers infused with wax, and is synthesized exclusively by the epidermal cells. [1]
- ^ Kolattukudy, PE (1996) Biosynthetic pathways of cutin and waxes, and their sensitivity to environmental stresses. In: Plant Cuticles. Ed. by G. Kerstiens, BIOS Scientific publishers Ltd., Oxford, pp 83-108