I made a slide with Portulacaria afra slices. The Afrikaans name for this plant is ‘Spekboom’ which translates to bacon tree. It does not look like bacon at all. Elephants loves this plant.
 




 The chloroplasts are clearly visible.
 

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Plant cells with chloroplasts

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