Term:
Truncate fruit base
Truncate fruit base
Definition:
An ovary or a fruit which abruptly turns inward from the calycine rim to the pedicel/hypanthium. Same as infracalycine zone truncate.
An ovary or a fruit which abruptly turns inward from the calycine rim to the pedicel/hypanthium. Same as infracalycine zone truncate.
Notes:
This term indicates the orientation of the infracalycine zone, i.e., the course that it follows from the calycine ring to the pedicel/hypanthium continuum. In this type of fruit, the infracalycine zone is barely seen when the fruit is viewed from the side.
This term indicates the orientation of the infracalycine zone, i.e., the course that it follows from the calycine ring to the pedicel/hypanthium continuum. In this type of fruit, the infracalycine zone is barely seen when the fruit is viewed from the side.