label |
name |
description |
Ba |
follicle |
dehiscent; a single carpel splitting down one side
|
Be |
berry |
Indehiscent, with fleshy pericarp and woody testa
|
BrF |
lomentum |
Special kind of dry dehiscent fruits which break up into sections containing a single seed instead of splitting open.
|
f |
missing |
Fruits are not developed as ovule are not enclosed in carpels, but are open (i.e. ferns, gymnosperms).
|
Hü |
legume |
Dehiscent, single carpel splitting down two sides
|
Ka |
capsule |
Dehiscent, fruit with multiple carpels; may open in variuos ways splitting down two sides
|
Nu |
nut |
Inhedhiscent, with dry pericarp
|
Po |
pome |
Fleshy indehiscent; fruit (apple like) with a thin skin, not formed from the ovary but from another part of the plant (receptacle).
|
SaBa |
aggregate follicles |
Made up of many follicles but formed from a single flower.
|
SaBe |
aggregate berries |
Made up of many berries but formed from a single flower.
|
SaNu |
aggregate nutlets |
Made up of many nutlets but formed from a single flower.
|
SaStF |
aggregate drupelets |
Made up of many drupes but formed from a single flower, each drupe containing one seed.
|
Sch |
siliqua |
Dehiscent with two carpels splitting away from a central column
|
SpF |
schizocarp |
Dry fruit that splits up into separate fruitlets due to true septae across the carpel margins.
|
StF |
drupe |
Indehiscent, with fleshy epicarp and mesocarp, woody endocarp; testa not woody
|
v |
vegetative |
Reproduction neither by seeds or fruits but other plant organs
|