Fruits #2 Flashcards
Which Dehiscent fruit type’s carpel splits on one side
Follicle
What Dehiscent fruit type splits in two sutures?
Pod
What Dehiscent fruit type splits along seams forming caps or pores?
Capsule
What Dehiscent fruit type seeds reside on central septum?
Silicle
Types of Indehiscent fruits
1) Peanut
2) Nut
3) Lomentum
4) Schizocarp
5) Achene
6) Cypesla
7) Caryopses
8) Samara
What type of indehiscent fruit has a hard thick pericarp, basal cup, and solitary seed?
Nut
What type of indehiscent fruit is a legume fragmentizing transversely into single-seeded “mericarps” sensitive plant?
Lomentum
What type of indehiscent fruit is a compound ovary fragmentizing at maturity into one-seeded “mericarps”?
Schizocarp
What type of indehiscent fruit has thin pericarps and solitary seeds?
Achene
What type of indehiscent fruit is a chestnut?
Achene
What type of indehiscent fruit is Achene-like, but inferior ovary?
Cypesla
What type of indehiscent fruit is Achene-like, but from compound ovary?
Caryopses
What type of indehiscent fruit is from the grass, bamboo family?
Caryopses
What type of indehiscent fruit has a thin pericarp, winged seed?
Samara
What type of indehiscent fruit are Narra, Dipterocarps, and Palosanto?
Samara