- into
mericarps.
There are
different definitions: Any dry
fruit composed of
multiple carpels that separate.
Under this
definition the
mericarps can contain...
- globular,
correspond to the
number of carpels. A
schizocarpic mericarp, seed 1 in each
mericarp. I)
Reticulate venation. II)
Flower pentamerous. I) Petals...
- usually-nut-like, as in
Apiaceae in
which the
mericarps are
joined by a
stalk (carpop****). Thus a
schizocarp of
mericarps is a
structure in
which the
carpels of...
- Apiaceae, such as
Heracleum sphondylium, have heart-shaped
indehiscent mericarps (a type of fruit).
Contemporary writings help tie
silphium to ****uality...
-
coriander has an
extremely hard
fruit coat. In Israel,
fifteen desiccated mericarps were
found in the Pre-Pottery
Neolithic B
level (six to
eight thousand...
-
develops is a
schizocarp consisting of two
mericarps; each
mericarp is a true seed. The
paired mericarps are
easily separated when they are dry. Premature...
- heart-shaped "seed" (actually fruit) of
silphium Example of a heart-shaped
mericarp fruit in a
plant (Heracleum sphondylium) belonging, like the unidentified...
-
carpel but
breaking apart into
individual carpels (
mericarp) when ripe. For illustration, see
mericarp scion The
aerial part of a
graft combination, induced...
- spines, as well as
protective hairs surrounding it. The
fruit has two
mericarps, or bicarpellate. The
endosperm of the
fruit grows before the embryo....
-
Mericarps of H. mantegazzianum...
