New Information of the Anatomy and Phytochemical Screening of Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze (Caesalpinioideae-Leguminosae) Seeds

Figure 3

Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze seed cotyledons: (a) detail of the cotyledon outer epidermis in cross section (LM); (b) detail of the cotyledon inner epidermis in cross section (LM); (c) detail of the mesoderm in longitudinal section (SEM); (d) cotyledon mesophyll in cross section (LM); (e) idioblasts in the cotyledon mesophyll (LM); (f) cotyledon cells (SEM); (g) cotyledon mesophyll in longitudinal section (LM); (h) secretory cavities in longitudinal section (LM); (i) detail of the vascular bundle; (j) secretory cavities in cross section (SEM); (k) detail of the cavity in light microscopy (LM); (l) secretory idioblast. Caption: cs: secretory cavity; epe: outer epidermis; epi: internal epidermis; ep: secretory epithelium; id: idioblast; lu: lumen; me: mesoderm. Bar: 20 μm (c, f, h, j); 100 μm (a, b, d, e, g, i, k, l, d). SEM: scanning electron microscopy; LM: light microscopy.