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Husenasagao Operculina turpethum (L.) S. Manso

Capsule

Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda

Collected at Iriomote Island, in southwestern Japan. Flowers white (slide 008). Sepals surround a capsule, swell enormously and change into a balloon-like fruit (slide 009). Sepals open when this fruit becomes ripe. We can see the capsule inside (slide 010). This genus belongs to Merremioids.

Slide No. 009


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4 x 4

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lens 8 x 8


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1 x 1 (thumbnail images) : For indexing
2 x 2, 4 x 4, 8 x 8 : For viewing on monitor
8 x 8, 16 x 16 : For printing

Edited by Yuuji Tsukii (Lab. Biology, Science Research Center, Hosei University)