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Latex production in adult leaves of T. ventricosa. (a) Highly vacuolated cytoplasm of young laticifer. (b) Initiation of secretory activity. (c) Latex metabolites forming an emulsion within the central vacuole of the laticifer cell. (d) Rubber particles within the latex emulsion. Abbreviations: v = vacuole, ob = osmiophilic bodies, mt = mitochondria, n = nucleus, sv = small vacuole, la = latex, rp = rubber particle.
