Oleaster leaf trichomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of peltate trichomes, or modified hairs, on the underside of an oleaster (Elaeagn

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Oleaster leaf trichomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of peltate trichomes, or modified hairs, on the underside of an oleaster (Elaeagnus sp.) leaf. These structures help to prevent water loss from the leaf.

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Photo credit: © SUSUMU NISHINAGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: biological, biology, botanical, botany, coloured, elaeagnus, epidermal, epidermis, false-coloured, flora, hairs, leaf, loss, nature, oleaster, olive, peltate, plant, respiration, russian, scales, sem, silverberry, sp, surface, trichome, underside, water