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One example of a dehiscent fruit is the silique. This fruit develops from a gynoecium composed of two fused carpels, [3] which, upon fertilization, grow to become a silique that contains the developing seeds. After seed maturation, dehiscence takes place, and valves detach from the central septum, thus freeing the seeds.
a citation makes explicit reference to the species having dehiscent fruit. In order for plant genus articles to be included in the list they should meet the following criteria : dehiscence in the fruit of species of the genus is mentioned at least once; a citation which makes explicit reference to the said genus having dehiscent fruit;
In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Origins and structure
A schizocarp / ˈ s k ɪ z ə k ɑːr p / is a dry fruit that, when mature, splits up into mericarps. There are different definitions: Any dry fruit composed of multiple carpels that separate. [1] [2] Under this definition the mericarps can contain one or more seeds (the mericarps of Abutilon have two or more seeds [3]) and each mericarp can be ...
A milkweed follicle releasing its seeds.. In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular fruit formed from one carpel, containing two or more seeds. [1] It is usually defined as dehiscing by a suture in order to release seeds, [2] for example in Consolida (some of the larkspurs), peony and milkweed (Asclepias).
The fruit is a dehiscent capsule up to 10 centimeters long with a long, narrow, curving beak. As the fruit dries and the flesh falls away, the hard beak splits into two horns. [3] The horns can be up to 30 centimeters long. [11] The fruit can contain black or white seeds; white-seeded plants are more common in cultivation. [11]
The Caribs made arrow poison from its sap. [15] The wood is used for furniture under the name "hura". In a time when most writing pens left wet ink on the page, the trees' unripe seed capsules were sawn in half to make decorative boxes (also called pounce pots) to hold the "sand" used to dry it, hence the name 'sandbox tree'. It has been ...
It is a type of dehiscent [1] fruit that breaks apart at the constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains only one seed. [2] It is a type of schizocarp. [1] Tick trefoil and sweet vetch are two genera that exhibit this fruit type, which is found particularly in the tribe Hedysareae of the family Fabaceae.