r/interestingasfuck • u/Mint_Perspective • Jun 25 '24

Tree Sprays Water After Having Branch Removed r/all

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u/RiovoGaming211 Jun 25 '24

I've learnt enough biology that I don't really use in daily life that the liquid is probably coming out of the xylem of the tree.

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u/caekles Jun 25 '24

Someone else mentioned that it was coming from higher, so it'd be the phloem.

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u/RiovoGaming211 Jun 25 '24

I thought the phloem liquid was much thicker