Sap exuding (gummosis) from the stem of a koa tree, probably in response to surface damage

Sap is the fluid carried in tubules inside a plant, circulating to distribute food and water to various parts of the plant. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 399 KB) Summary Sap exuding from a wound in Koa acacia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 399 KB) Summary Sap exuding from a wound in Koa acacia. ... KOA may mean: Kick Off Association - International association devoted to Dino Dinis games (Kick Off and Player Manager) and organizing annual gathering and international competitions with Kick Off 2 and real Amiga. ... A subset of the phases of matter, fluids include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Water (from the Old English word wæter; c. ...

Gummosis is the formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly trees. This occurs when sap (technically a latex) oozes from wounds or cankers as a reaction to outside stimuli such as adverse weather conditions, infections, insect attacks, or other mechanical damage. In many species, the sticky nature of sap has the effect of plugging wounds and thus detering attacks by insects, bacteria and fungi. The extraction of Latex from a tree; Latex is used in Rubber production. ... Note:This article is about Canker in plants. ... The term stimulus (plural: stimuli) has several related meanings: In physiology, a stimulus is something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response. ...

Maple tree sap is the basic ingredient in maple syrup. The sap of the rubber tree is used to make latex, which is vulcanized to make rubber. Spruce Gum is another tree sap that was used by Anishinaabe peoples in Canada for small quick repairs to wood articles. The sap was collected and used in its raw form. Chewed, it makes a good emergency deep woods survival food. Species with pages written Acer campestre - Field Maple Acer grandidentatum - Bigtooth Maple Acer griseum - Paperbark Maple Acer macrophyllum - Bigleaf Maple Acer micranthum - Komine Maple Acer negundo - Manitoba Maple Acer nigrum - Black Maple Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple Acer pensylvanicum - Striped Maple Acer platanoides - Norway Maple Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore Maple Acer rubrum... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... A sugarshack where sap is boiled down to maple syrup. ... Latex being collected from a wounded rubber tree The Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. ... The extraction of Latex from a tree; Latex is used in Rubber production. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ... Anishinaabe is a self-description often used by people belonging to the indigenous Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples of North America, who share closely related Algonkian languages. ...

Other non-tree plants also have sap, such as euphorbias (including poinsettias) and milkweeds, although the word sap is commonly only used to refer to trees. This article needs cleanup. ... Binomial name Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ... Botany Asclepias, the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants in the family Asclepiadaceae that contains over 140 known species. ...

See also

• Latex