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Fruits

 13-Septicidal capsule, Aristolochia

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Capsules are dry, dehiscent fruits that develop from a syncarpous gynoecium.

In a septicidal capsule, the fruits dehisce by separating between the septa of adjacent carpels.

In this fruit of Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia), there are 6 carpels that are connate.

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