One with valves breaking away from the septa, as in Ipomoea.

Term Definition Both

A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent (does not split at maturity) fruit with seed attached to fruit wall at one point only, derived from a one-loculed superior ovary.

An aggregation of achenes, as in Ranunculus.

One that dehisces (splits at maturity) through terminal slits, or fissures, as in Staphylea.

One that dehisces (splits at maturity) irregularly, as in Ammannia.

An aggregation of berries, as in Actaea.

One that dehisces (splits at maturity) through basal slits or fissures, as in some species of Aristolochia.

Fleshy fruit, with succulent pericarp, as in Vitis.

Cypsela enclosed in dry involucre, as in Xanthium. (accessory structure Involucre)