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cucurbit genera concerning the twisting, branching, number of tendrils
per node and presence of tendril trunk. Also, shape of transverse sections
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sclerenchymatous tissues, number of vascular bundles in Transverse Section
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species. It could be conclude from this research that there are a numerous
of qualitative traits of tendrils which plays an important role in identification
of cucrbitaceous plants for examples; the twisting, branching, transverse
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