These sclerified areas on these avocado seed are unusual. Seeds of the genus Persea don’t usually have sclereids associated with the seed. Two other genera in the Lauraceae family (Endiandra and Beilschmeidia) do have an inner sclerified layer, but it is continuous, not scattered (Little et al, 2009). These hard longitudinal encrustations on the surface …
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