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A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE OVULE AND OVARY WALL IN MANGIFERA INDICA L. (ANACARDIACEAE)
Author(s) -
Joel Daniel M.,
Eisenstein Daliah
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1980.tb00377.x
Subject(s) - ovule , mangifera , anacardiaceae , ovary , bridge (graph theory) , biology , dorsum , botany , anatomy , pollen , endocrinology
SUMMARY A bridge was found to connect the dorsal side of the ovule with the ovary wall of Mangifera indica L. (the mango). This bridge, termed a ponticulus , is formed after pollination by the fusion of both an ovary protuberance and a protuberance of the ovule.