Pseudocarp

• Title

  Pseudocarp

• Definition

  Several small "fruits" surrounded by accompanying parts, such as that of Siparuna (Siparunaceae), in which the separate carpels are surrounded by a fleshy hypanthium, or the syconia of figs in which the the achenes are surrounded by hollow stem ends.

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