page_title: Caudex
hierarchical_section_title: Caudex
caption_attribution_description: Jatropha cathartica
context_page_description: A caudex of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.
  In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is most often used with plants that have a different stem morphology from the typical angiosperm dicotyledon stem: examples of this include palms, ferns, and cycads.
  The related term caudiciform, literally meaning stem-like, is sometimes used to mean pachycaul, thick-stemmed.
context_section_description: A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.
  In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is most often used with plants that have a different stem morphology from the typical angiosperm dicotyledon stem: examples of this include palms, ferns, and cycads.
  The related term caudiciform, literally meaning stem-like, is sometimes used to mean pachycaul, thick-stemmed.
caption: The caudex of Jatropha cathartica is pachycaul, with thickening that provides water storage.
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