fruit valve
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000033
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: valva de fruto (Spanish)
- exact: 果実の弁 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A valve that is a part of a fruit that splits apart when the fruit dehisces. [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- A valve may develop from an entire carpel (as in Brassicaceae) or from part of a carpel (as in Fabaceae).
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