Abstract image produced from merged polarised light micrographs of a spiral vessel from a banana (Musa sp.) stem and cellophane film. Spiral vessels a

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Abstract image produced from merged polarised light micrographs of a spiral vessel from a banana (Musa sp.) stem and cellophane film. Spiral vessels are found in most plants. They may be concerned with water or air movement within the plant. They were first described by Marcello Malpighi in 1662.

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Keywords: -, abstract, banana, botanical, botany, cellophane, light, material, merged, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, musa, plant, polarised, polarized