Dr Carolyn Vlasveld

Can you give the name of the study and what journal it was in?

Cross section of a leaf and all cell walls are stained red. Adapted to dry conditions, this leaf possess three epidermal layers to prevent water loss, below which there are tightly packed palisade mesophyll cells that are specialized for harvesting light and loosely packed spongy mesophyll cells allowing efficient gas exchange. In the spongy mesophyll cells, there are two crystals that looks like diamonds

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! 🧪🔬🌱 Here's a cross section of an oleander (Nerium oleander) leaf with 2 beautiful "diamonds" inside. These "diamonds" are calcium oxalate crystals, deposited by specialized cells to (prob) regulate
surplus calcium. They were visualized under polarized light. #plantscience

Hi Bluesky! 🌞😎🌻 Have some beech leaves.