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Almost most of the whole creatures and every being had an umbilicus, as a reminder of its past or as a centrepiece of its architecture; the fruit has a stem that connects it to its branch, when it is ripe, and when it falls, it leaves a scar, as a navel, with very few exceptions; this is true for vegetables, fruits, fungi and mushrooms.
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Fahmy, M. (2018). Umbilicus of Plants. In: Umbilicus and Umbilical Cord. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62383-2_7
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