Fig. 7. Ancient plant remains recovered from Oc Eo.
(A to g, L and l, O and o, and Q and q) Starch grains under polarized and bright-field light. (H to K, M and N, P, and R to X) Other plant remains. (A) and (a), (B) and (b) Type Ia, Curcuma longa. (C) and (c) Type Ib, Z. officinale. (D) and (d) Type Ic, Boesenbergia rotunda. (E) and (e) Type Id, Kaempferia galanga. (F) and (f) Type Ie, Alpinia galanga. (G) and (g) Type II, Syzygium aromaticum. (H) Fragments of spiral vessel. (I) to (K) Myrtaceae pollen. (L) and (l) Type III, Cinnamomum sp. (M) Cork cells. (N) Fiber. (O) and (o) Type IV, M. fragrans. (P) Nutmeg. (Q) and (q) Type V, Oryza sativa. (R) Rice parallel bilobate phytolith. (S) Rice bulliform phytolith. (T) Rice double-peaked phytolith. (U) Spheroid echinate. (V) and (W) Spheroid psilate. (X) Volcaniform phytolith. Scale bar in (P) is 1 cm, and all others are 20 μm.