Starch grains. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of starch grains (green) in the parenchyma of a Clematis sp. plant. Starch is synthesised f

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Starch grains. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of starch grains (green) in the parenchyma of a Clematis sp. plant. Starch is synthesised from sucrose, a sugar produced by the plant during photosynthesis, and used as a source of energy. It is stored as grains in structures called amyloplasts (yellow). Magnification: x800 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Keywords: amyloplast, amyloplasts, biological, biology, botanical, botany, carbohydrate, cell, cells, clematis, coloured, energy, false-coloured, grain, grains, multiple, nature, parenchyma, plant, plastid, plastids, sem, starch, storage, structure, sugar