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Fig. 1. Different stages of vivipary in fruits and offspring of E. phyllanthus. (A) Mature, 4-week-old fruit showing the area of dehiscence (arrow), region through which the viviparous seedlings emerge upon germination. (B) Six-week-old fruit on mother plant showing the emergence of viviparous seedlings through pericarp. (C) A 7-week-old fruit on mother plant with viviparous offspring. (D) Close-up of a 6-week-old viviparous fruit. (E) Developmental series of viviparous seedlings harvested from the fruit in the previous picture. Scale: 1 bar=1 mm.