indehiscence

botany

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Fabales

  • Soybeans (Glycine max)
    In Fabales: Characteristic morphological features

    …split open when ripe (indehiscent), as with Robinia (locusts) and Cercis (redbud). In many Fabaceae—for instance, Melilotus (sweet clover)—the fruit has been reduced to a single-seeded indehiscent structure that resembles a tiny nutlet. In others, it is several-seeded and indehiscent but is divided transversely into single-seeded segments that break…

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fruit

  • snake gourd flower
    In angiosperm: Fruits

    …fruits are either dehiscent or indehiscent. They are dehiscent if the pericarp splits open at maturity and releases the seeds, or indehiscent if the pericarp remains intact when the fruit is shed from the plant. The three principal types of dehiscent fruits are follicles, legumes, and capsules. Follicles and legumes…

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