Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hypromellose , short for hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), is a semisynthetic, inert, viscoelastic polymer used in eye drops, as well as an excipient and controlled-delivery component in oral medicaments, found in a variety of commercial products.
The large green fruit takes around fifteen months to ripen. The fruit contains three or four cells containing a seed encased in a fleshy orange-coloured aril. The tree does not flower in the year while the fruit capsules are maturing, and therefore individual trees may flower in alternate years. [7]
A variant is the Septifragal capsule (valvular capsule) in which the outer walls break away from the septa and (usually axile) placentae as valves. Poricidal capsules dehisce through pores (openings) in the capsule, as in Papaver, the seeds escaping through these pores. Flowers and developing fruit capsules of the ground orchid Spathoglottis ...
The following year, after flowering, the capsules will open. The capsules open the next year because the fruit of the lemonwood takes between 12 and 14 months to ripen. There is unripe fruit and ripe fruit present on the lemonwood at the same time; this is the current season’s fruit and last season’s fruit. [7]
The fruit are woody, cup-shaped, barrel-shaped, or almost spherical capsules, often arranged in clusters along the stems. The seeds are sometimes retained in the fruit for many years, only opening when the plant, or part of it, dies or is heated in a bushfire. In tropical areas, seeds are released annually in the wet season. [2]: 25–26
The fruit is a dry egg-shaped capsule 3–4 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) long, containing numerous tiny seeds. The seeds are winged and disperse by wind and water. Pollarded trees do not produce flowers, as these form only on mature wood. Paulownia tomentosa requires full sun for proper growth.
Tetrapleura tetraptera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to Western Africa and Central Africa. [1] The plant is called prekese (or, more correctly, prɛkɛsɛ aka soup perfume) in the Twi language of Ghana. [2] It is also called uhio (uhiokrihio) in the Igbo language of Nigeria. The tree has many uses.
The canistel displays climacteric fruit ripening. A fully mature fruit shows an intense yellow skin color. Eventually, it softens and drops from the tree. Insects and birds avoid the fruit flesh, perhaps due to its astringent properties, that are much reduced in senescent fruits, but still perceptible to the human palate. Apparently mature ...