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Magnoliaceae

46-Liriodendron flow-fruit

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These two images show the development from flower to fruit in the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). Each of the many carpels on the elongated receptacle matures into a samara. Since this whole structure comes from one flower, it is an aggregate fruit of samaras.

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