Fruit white lenticellate

• Title

  Fruit white lenticellate

• Definition

  A pericarp with the outer surface with scattered white dots.

• Notes

  In the Lecythidaceae, a few species have fruits with the outside of the pericarp covered with white dots which are interpreted as lenticels. Examples are Couratari guianensis and Lecythis pneumatophora.

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