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Centuries-old lotus sprouts

09.05.2002

Botanists found 20 lotus seeds in muddy deposits at the bottom of a lake in the Chinese province of Liaoning.

Judging by the growth rate of the sedimentary stratum and according to radiocarbon dating, these seeds are from 200 to 500 years old. Four seeds gave rise to seedlings, and then to adult plants. True, the centuries spent in the depths of the soil affected the appearance of lotuses: due to mutations, the shape of some leaves is distorted, the stem is weakened, and the color of the flowers is changed.

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