Term:
Complanate
Complanate
Definition:
A sphere that is flattened at both poles.
A sphere that is flattened at both poles.
Glossary Details:
Title: Fruit of Eschweilera spiralocucullata. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Description: Fruit of Eschweilera spiralocucullata based on Silveira 537 from the state of Acre, Brazil. A. Basal view. Note that the infracalycine zone is truncate from the calycine ring to the pedicel. B. Apical view. C. Lateral view. The line of opercular dehiscence is very indistinct. All images of the same fruit which is oblate (= complanate) and 6.5 cm long and 11 cm in diameter.