The sarcotesta is orange and glaucous, the sclerotesta ovoid and flattened.
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The sarcotesta is thick orange tomentose, and the sclerotesta flattened ovoid shaped.
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Sarcotesta 3 mm thick, and yellow in color, with smooth sclerotesta.
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The sarcotesta is yellow-brown with a waxy coating, the sclerotesta ovoid and flattened.
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The sarcotesta is orange-brown, the sclerotesta short ovoid to globular, with a network of shallow grooves.
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The sarcotesta is 2-3.5 mm thick and orange, the sclerotesta flattened and long ovoid, with a network of shallow grooves.
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Beneath the sarcotesta is the hard sclerotesta ( the " shell " of the seed ) and a papery endotesta, with the nucellus surrounding the female gametophyte at the center.
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The species is unusual in that it contains a layer of fleshy material between the sarcotesta and the sclerotesta that is thought to aid the seed by providing it with a source of water.
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The apricot-like structures produced by female ginkgo trees are technically not fruits, but are seeds that have a shell consisting of a soft and fleshy section ( the sarcotesta ), and a hard section ( the sclerotesta ).