Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Open fruit of Aspidosperma spruceanum. Photo by R. Aguilar.

Description: 2-valvate open follicle of Aspidosperma spruceanum displaying the inner wall and seed arrangement based on Reinaldo Aguilar 9544 from the Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Term:

Valve

Definition:

One of the segments of an ovary each of which is hypothesized to represent a carpel or one of the segments of a dehiscent fruit.