Magnoliaceae
15-Magnolia fruit
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| The basic fruit type in the Magnoliaceae is a follicle (or a samara). This whole structure comes from one flower, thus it is an aggregate fruit of follicles. Each of the many follicles are rather woody. The seeds are covered with a fleshy red aril. Each seed is suspended from an elongated funiculus to make them readily available to birds, who eat and then disperse the seeds. |