page_title: Indumentum
hierarchical_section_title: Indumentum
caption_attribution_description: Nepenthes chaniana
context_page_description: In biology, an indumentum is a covering of trichomes on a plant or of bristles of an insect.
  In plants, indumentum types include:
  pubescent
  hirsute
  pilose
  lanate
  villous
  tomentose
  stellate
  scabrous
  scurfy
  The indumentum on plants can have a wide variety of functions, including as anchorage in climbing plants, in transpiration control, in water absorption, the reflection of solar radiation, increasing water-repellency, in protection against insect predation, and in the trapping of insects.
  The use of an indumentum on insects can also be pollen-related, as on bees, sensory like whiskers, or for varied other uses including adhesion and poison.
context_section_description: In biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant or of bristles (rarely scales) of an insect. 
  In plants, indumentum types include:
  pubescent
  hirsute
  pilose
  lanate
  villous
  tomentose
  stellate
  scabrous
  scurfy
  The indumentum on plants can have a wide variety of functions, including as anchorage in climbing plants (e.g., Galium aparine), in transpiration control, in water absorption (Tillandsia), the reflection of solar radiation, increasing water-repellency (e.g., in the aquatic fern Salvinia), in protection against insect predation, and in the trapping of insects (Drosera, Nepenthes, Stylosanthes). 
  The use of an indumentum on insects can also be pollen-related, as on bees, sensory like whiskers, or for varied other uses including adhesion and poison.
caption: Caducous hairs on a developing pitcher of Nepenthes chaniana
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