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. 2021 Oct 1;12:751547. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.751547

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The leaf cuticle structure of Camellia sinensis cv Fuyun 6. (A) The adaxial side of the second leaf. (B) The abaxial side of the second leaf. (C) The adaxial side of the fifth leaf. (D) The abaxial side of the fifth leaf. Epicuticular waxes (EWs) cover the cuticle proper (C), which is cutin embedded with intracuticular waxes (IWs). The cuticular layer (CL) seem also to contain intracuticular wax. Pectinaceous layer (PL), primary cell walls (PWs), and the plasma membrane (PM). Bar = 2 μm. The thickness of the cuticle was indicated by arrows. Cited from Zhu et al. (2018). Scientific Reports 8: 14944.