Arboriculture Terms

The genus Coptotermes (termite) is characterized by the presence of a pear-shaped head, narrow at front with a pointed labrum in the soldier caste (Pearce et al., 1993). Mandibles are slender, sharply pointed and slightly incurved without marginal teeth. Most distinctive in the soldier caste is the large fontanelle (opening) at the front of the […]

term describing a heart-shaped leaf.

lateral meristem from which the corky. protective outer layer of bark is found. Also known as phellogen.