Magnoliaceae
16-Magnolia flower-fruit
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| Study how the fruit develops from the flower. The sepals and petals fall off, leaving scars on the mature fruit (lower green arrow). The spirally arranged stamens fall off, leaving scars on the fruit (upper green arrow). Each of the distinct carpels from the apocarpous gynoecium develops into a follicle. Each follicle contains 2 bright red seeds. Since the whole fruiting structure comes from one flower but has many follicles, it is an aggregate fruit. |