Flashcards: fruits 2

A one seeded fruit with the seed attached to the pericarp at a single point (example: sunflower seed)

The typical fruit of the grass family (example: kernal of corn) grain

Fruit that is specialized to disperse by drifting in the air (example: elm fruit)

Indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a hard pericarp (example: acorn)

Fruit with one ovary and carpels seperate. Splits into several fruit called mericarps.

fruit type that opens into each locule

Fruit type that splits into each septum

Fruit type where entire top comes off

Fruit type where flaps open to allow seeds to empty out

Fruit where pod-like structure opens on two sides, with seeds on a central false septum

Fruit type that is similar to silique but shorter

Fruit pod that opens on two sides, one carpel

Fruit pod that breaks apart at constrictions

Fruit Pod that opens on one side