The miraculous photosynthetic factory inside a leaf. Carbon dioxide is drawn in from portholes called stomata on the lower leaf surface while water arrives from the roots via a network of veins that would be the envy of Watercare. With energy from the sun and a kick start from their green pigment (chlorophyll), leaf cells are thus able to create sugar molecules.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 46
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62The miraculous photosynthetic factory inside a leaf. Carbon dioxide is drawn in from portholes called stomata on the lower leaf surface while water arrives from the roots via a network of veins that would be the envy of Watercare. With energy from the sun and a kick start from their green pigment (chlorophyll), leaf cells are thus able to create sugar molecules. Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 46
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