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Latest revision as of 22:08, 13 November 2025
Dry fruit composed of multiple segments
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A schizocarp is a dry fruit that, when mature, splits up into mericarps.
There are different definitions:
- Under this definition the mericarps can contain one or more seeds (the mericarps of Abutilon have two or more seeds[3]) and each mericarp can be either:
- Indehiscent (remaining closed), such as in the carrot and other Umbelliferae or in members of the genus Malva, or
- Dehiscent (splitting open to release the seed), for example members of the genus Geranium. This is similar to what happens with a capsule, but with an extra stage. (In Abutilon, the mericarp is sometimes only partially dehiscent and does not release the seed.)
