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The fruit of C. ovatum is a drupe, 4 to 7 cm (1.6 to 2.8 in) long, 2.3 to 3.8 cm (0.91 to 1.50 in) in diameter, and weighs 15.7 to 45.7 g (0.55 to 1.61 oz). The skin ( exocarp ) is smooth, thin, shiny, and turns purplish black when the fruit ripens; the pulp ( mesocarp ) is fibrous, fleshy, and greenish yellow in color, and the hard shell ...
The fruit is a densely spiny cupule 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, containing two or three glossy brown nuts; these are 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter on wild trees. The scientific name mollissima derives from the softly downy shoots and young leaves. [2] [3]
The trees are wind-pollinated, and the flowers are usually arranged in catkins. The fruits of the Juglandaceae are often confused with drupes but are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot be a drupe but is instead a drupe-like nut.
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. [3] As is true of all species in the genus Castanea, the American chestnut produces burred fruit with edible nuts. The American chestnut was once common in its Appalachian Mountain range and was a dominant ...
The Fall Creek Tree Village in Oregon, for example, was occupied by an estimated 1,000 activists for almost six years. (As a result, the Fall Creek forest still stands today).
Corymbia bella, commonly known as ghost gum, [2] weeping ghost gum, [3] or paper-fruited bloodwood, [4] is a species of tree that is endemic to northern Australia. It has smooth, powdery, white to pale grey bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three, creamy white flowers and cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.
Bahera (Terminalia bellirica) fruitsThe leaves are about 15 cm long and crowded toward the ends of the branches. It is considered a good fodder for cattle. Terminalia bellirica seeds have an oil content of 40%, whose fatty acid methyl ester meets all of the major biodiesel requirements in the US (ASTM D 6751-02, ASTM PS 121-99), Germany (DIN V 51606) and European Union (EN 14214). [7]
The male flowers are in drooping catkins 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long, and the female flowers are terminal, in clusters of two to five, ripening in the autumn into a fruit with a green, semi-fleshy husk and a brown, corrugated nut. The whole fruit, including the husk, falls in autumn with the husk breaking open; the seed is a large and edible nut ...