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Malvaceae

 8-Iliamna fruits

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The fruit in the Malvaceae are usually either schizocarps or capsules. This is a photo of the capsules of Iliamna remota, Kankakee mallow. Each of the many carpels in the capsule splits open to release the seeds.
Photo by K. R. Robertson from plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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