Salvia leaf trichome, SEM
Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a cross-section of a Salvia divinorum leaf with multicellular and glandular trichomes (hairs). The upper leaf surface contains numerous multicellular, glandular and non-glandular trichomes. S. divinorum is a perennial herb in the mint family native to certain areas of the Sierra Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico. The plant grows in large groupings to well over 90 centimetres in height with characteristic hollow square stems and flowers. It is one of several hallucinogenic plants employed by the Mazatec Indians. Magnification: x240 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.
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Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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