Guttation

Guttation in a strawberry leaf
Figure 34-4 Guttation
in a strawberry leaf

Figure 34-4 shows a strawberry leaf with droplets of water at the borders. These water drops represent neither transpiration nor condensation from the atmosphere. Rather, this water results from guttation, a process whereby water is exuded (forced out under pressure) from the leaf through special glands called hydathodes. Analysis of the water reveals that it contains sugars.

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