{"id":393,"date":"2021-12-21T18:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:58:53","slug":"calcium-carbonate-crystals-in-leaves-of-ficus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/?page_id=393","title":{"rendered":"Calcium carbonate crystals."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"393\" class=\"elementor elementor-393\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1129b488 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1129b488\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b0fa960\" data-id=\"1b0fa960\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a87d0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a87d0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 25.2px; color: #404040; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: medium;\"><strong>\u00a0Calcium carbonate crystals in leaves of\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Ficus.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 25.2px; color: #404040; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Ficus leaves are rich in minerals among which calcium carbonate (lithocysts), calcium oxalate and silica.<br \/>You will find on this page micrographs illustrating\u00a0<strong>cystoliths,<\/strong>\u00a0calcium carbonate crystals in large cells called\u00a0<strong>lithocysts<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p><p>The two first micrographs show paraffin cross sections stained with astra blue \u2013 basic fuchsin in a leaf of ficus. In the upper micrograph we observe a cystolith in a specialized large epidermal cell (violet arrow) attached to the cell wall by a foot.<\/p><p>The second micrograph illustrates a specialized cell of parenchyma (idioblast) containing aggregates of calcium oxalate crystals.<br \/>pp: palissade parenchyma; pl:spongy parenchyma.<\/p><p>See also the section in a leaf of\u00a0<strong><em><a title=\"Ficus macrophylla leaf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unige.ch\/sciences\/biologie\/bioveg\/crevecoeur\/en\/anatomy\/anatomie-feuilles\/ficus-macrophylla\/\">Ficus macrophylla<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db86567 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db86567\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e38138\" data-id=\"9e38138\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18aa312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18aa312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-1-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec41364 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec41364\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e143ee\" data-id=\"0e143ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b870bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b870bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-396\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-2.jpg 709w, https:\/\/michelecrevecoeur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Calcium-carbonate-crystals-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Calcium carbonate crystals in leaves of\u00a0Ficus. Ficus leaves are rich in minerals among which calcium carbonate (lithocysts), calcium oxalate and silica.You will find on this page micrographs illustrating\u00a0cystoliths,\u00a0calcium carbonate crystals in large cells called\u00a0lithocysts. The two first micrographs show paraffin cross sections stained with astra blue \u2013 basic fuchsin in a leaf of ficus. 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