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14-Loculicidal capsule, Viola

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A capsule is a dry fruit that is produced from a syncarpous gynoecium and that dehisces.

In a loculicidal capsule, the fruit dehisces longitudinally through the locules, as in this violet (Viola) fruit.


Photos by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.

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