Dry dehiscent fruits
In dry fruits, at maturity the pericarp may split or break open to liberate the seeds. Such fruits are called dry dehiscent fruits. Some of the common types of simple fruits are as follow..
The table represents the number of almonds and cashew nuts placed in a..
The table represents the number of almonds and cashew nuts placed in a box. Which of the two dry fruits is more in number? => Cashew nuts or Almonds..
Simple Fruits
Simple Fruits - The fruit which develops from the syncarpous ovary of a flower with or without accessory parts is called a simple fruit. In simple fruit, the pericarp may be fleshy and juicy or it may be hard and dry. The former are called fleshy ..
Simple Fruits
The fruit which develops from the syncarpous ovary of a flower with or without accessory parts is called a simple fruit. In simple fruit, the pericarp may be fleshy and juicy or it may be hard and dry. The former are called fleshy fruits and t..
a. Achene
It is simple, dry, indehiscent fruit developing from a superior monolocular ovary with a single ovule. The pericarp is dry, membranous and free from the seed coat. e.g. Mirabili..
c. Lomentum
It is a simple, dry, schizocarpic fruit. The fruit is constricted or partitioned between seeds into a number of one-seeded compartments. The fruit breaks into one seeded indehiscent segments. E.g. : Mimosa pudica, Acaci..
a. Cremocarp
It is a simple dry schizocarpic fruit developing from an inferior, syncarpous bilocular ovary. At maturity the fruit splits into two one seeded segments called mericarps. The two mericarps remain attached to a forked axis called carpophore. E.g. Coriande..
d. Capsule
It is a simple, dry, dehiscent fruit developing from the syncarpous ovary having axile placentation. The capsules are variously named according to their mode of dehiscenc..
c. Cypsela
It is a simple, dry, indehiscent fruit developing from inferior, bicarpellary, syncarpous, monolocular ovary with a single ovule. The pericarp is thin and free from the seed coat, e.g. Helianthu..
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