Dehiscent fruit of Hydrocera triflora (Linn.) Wt. & Arn. (Balsaminaceae): Its anatomy and dispersal

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Published: 30.06.1993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1992.03.01.02
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Septicidal dehiscence, Pericarp structure, Dispersal, Mucilage

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Mamatha Raghuveer
Botany Department, Nizam College, Hyderabad-500 001
L. L. Narayana
Botany Department, Nizam College, Hyderabad-500 001
B. S. M. Dutt
Botany Department, Nizam College, Hyderabad-500 001

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The anatomy and dispersal of the fruit of Hydrocera triflora has been investigated. The fruit wall does not show any histological differentiation characteristically exhibited by dehiscent fruits, but neverthless, splits into five valves as a result of swelling of the mucilage containing cells of the pericarp. The present study supports the statement of Venkateswarlu and Dutt (1961) that the fruit is a capsular berry dehiscing septicidally. 

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (1993): Rheedea

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Raghuveer, M., Narayana, L. L., & Dutt, B. S. M. (1993). Dehiscent fruit of Hydrocera triflora (Linn.) Wt. & Arn. (Balsaminaceae): Its anatomy and dispersal. Rheedea, 3(1), 12-14. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1992.03.01.02