Term:
Supracalycine zone tapered
Supracalycine zone tapered
Definition:
The supracalycine zone of the fruit tapers to the opercular rim.
The supracalycine zone of the fruit tapers to the opercular rim.
Glossary Details:
Title: Fruit terminology. Drawing by B. Angell.
Description: Fruit terminology used in the description of dehiscent-fruited species of Lecythidaceae. The dehiscence of a fruit of this type is circumscissile. Note that the supracalycine zone tapers to the opercular rim and that the infracalycine zone is tapered to the pedicel scar.