Illustration from Scientific Research

Explanatory cartoon describing exocarp cell length (L), width (W), and depth (D) in relation to the length (l), width (w), and depth (d) of the fruit valve. From left: fruit attached to the plant stem, valve attached to fruit with directions land windicated, zoom-in of boxed region of the valve exocarp with direction dindicated, and zoom-in of exocarp cell shown in green with directions L,W, and Dindicated. Description of exocarp cell walls: outer face facing outside of fruit; inner face facing inside of fruit and anticlinal walls. Scale bars, 1 mm (A) and 50 μm (D).

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