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Eucommia (Eucommia ulmoides) is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Eucommiaceae. As a mature tree, it is 20 m in height and 40 cm in diameter at breast height and has a chromosome number of 2n = 34. It is a gynodioecious plant, which shows characteristically a white filamentous natural polymer, guttapercha, when a piece of the bark or folded leaf is pulled apart (Fig. l a—d).
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Nakazawa, Y., Toda, Y. (1995). Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. (Eucommiaceae): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Iridoids, Lignans, and Other Secondary Metabolites. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VIII. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08612-4_11
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