Plant Anatomy and Morphology

Today I will explain more detail about the Guaraná plant!


Paullinia cupana is a dicot plant, a structure whose embryo has two cotyledons. 
Resultado de imagem para dicot https://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/glossary/dicot.html

Constituted by a fibrous root system, with thin, moderately branching roots growing from the stem.
Resultado de imagem para fibrous root systemhttps://garden.org/courseweb/course1/week1/page8.htm


Guaraná is a flower's are monoecious, it means that is a complete flower , where the flowers on the same plant have pistillate and staminate. The black seeds are found inside the fruits.
Resultado de imagem para guarana flor
Fruit                                             Flower

Growth habitat:
How it is a neotropical plant, native to the Brazilian Amazon. The climate of the region of origin is between 22 and 20 deg C. The minimum temperature tolerated by this specie is 12 deg C. 
With annual precipitation must higher than 1400 mm well distributed. The soils must be deep for the roots, medium or heavy in texture, well drained , with high organic matter content and low pH (3.5-4.5).
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Paullinia_cupana.PDF


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