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. 2023 Mar 17;13(3):819. doi: 10.3390/life13030819

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Two isolated fruits with enclosed ovules of Qingganninginfructus formosa, revealed by Micro-CT images. (a). An isolated fruit with longitudinal striations and bulging basal portion, suggestive of an enclosed ovule in the fruit. LZP-2018-06A. Scale bar = 5 mm. (b–d). Serial Micro-CT views of the fruit in (a), showing ovule (s) in the fruit (arrows). Scale bar = 5 mm. (e). Detailed view of (b), showing funiculus (white arrow), nucellus (asterisk), two integuments (black arrows), and micropyle between these three. Scale bar = 2 mm. (f). Another isolated fruit with longitudinal striations and bulging basal portion, suggestive of an enclosed ovule in the fruit. LZP-2018-03B. Scale bar = 5 mm. (g–i). Serial sections of a fruit showing a basal ovule (s) in the fruit (arrows) shown in (f). Scale bar = 1 mm.