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Functionally indehiscent fruit A circumscissile fruit that opens via an operculum (lid) but the seeds are trapped inside because the size of the opening is smaller than the size of the seeds. Scott A. Mori showing a fruit of Bertholletia excelsa. Photo by C. A. Gracie.
Indehiscent fruit Referring to a fruit that does not open via an operculum. Examples of indehiscent fruits.
Secondarily indehiscent fruit Fruits that are hypothesized to have evolved indehiscent fruits from ancestors with dehiscent fruits. Scott A. Mori showing a fruit of Bertholletia excelsa. Photo by C. A. Gracie.