Capsule (fruit)
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In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry or fleshy, fruit which splits open on maturity. They are produced by many species of flowering plants.
Lilium candidum dehiscing
Flowers and developing fruit capsules of the ground orchid Spathoglottis plicata
Dehiscence of the follicular capsule of Asclepias syriaca
Brazil nut
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Brazil nut refers to a South American tree of the monotypic genus Bertholletia in the family Lecythidaceae as well as the tree's commercially-harvested edible seeds. It is one of the largest and longe
Capsule (fruit)
…Boraginaceae and most Lamiaceae, where the styles are attached between the ovary lobes. Capsules are sometimes mislabeled as nuts, as in the example of the Brazil nut or the Horse-chestnut. A capsule is not a nut because it releases its seeds and it splits apart. Nuts, on the other hand, do not release seeds as they…
Bertholletia excelsa compose
Brazil nut fruit attached to branch
Freshly cut Brazil nut fruit
Brazil nuts in shell