Pedicel scar

• Title

  Pedicel scar

• Definition

  The scar left by the stalk to which the fruit is attached.

• Notes

  The stalk is derived from the pedicel, or the stalk of the flower, which becomes woody as the fruit develops in Lecythidaceae.

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