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Schizocarp
A
schizocarp
is a
dry fruit
that, when
mature
,
splits
up into
mericarps
.
There are different definitions:
Any
dry
fruit
composed of
multiple
carpels
that
separate
.
Any fruit that
separates
into
indehiscent
one-seeded
segments
, such as a
loment
,
Malva
,
Malvastrum
, and
Sida
.