Figure 6

(a) Longitudinal section HRLM image from the inner layer region showing the thick walled cells, some of which contains crystals; (b) the same image evidencing the crystalline character of the particles under polarized light; (c) X-ray MicroCT reconstructed volume from a section of the endocarp of the sample SMC_01; the lines in blue, green and red indicate the position of the slices at the XY, XZ and YZ sections, respectively and their images appear on the left side; (d, e) the slices appear repositioned in order to reveal the localization of the particles inside the thick walled cells; the yellow lines in the volume indicate the clipping plane entering/cutting the volume; (f) reconstructed volumes from particles 1 and 2 (scale in μm) (CT Analyzer; ImageJ-FIJI, plug-ins: 3D Viewer and Volume Viewer).