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Pneumatophores of Sundarban

Pneumatophores - these specialized aerial roots enable plants to breathe air in waterlogged soil.

 

The surface of these roots are covered with lenticels which take up air into spongy tissue which in turn uses osmotic pathways to spread oxygen throughout the plant as needed.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_root

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Uploaded on May 17, 2011
Taken on May 6, 2011