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Fruits

 9-Follicles, Magnolia

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The fruit of Magnolia is a cluster of follicles, as seen on the right. In the flower on the left you can see the many distinct carpels, each of which matures into a follicle.

Below the follicles is a zone of small scars left by the stamens, and below that are a few larger scars left by the sepals and petals.

Photo on left by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plant cultivated at the University of Illinois.
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