MULTILOCULAR DEHISCENT FRUITS 



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Dehiscent Fruits. The dehiscent fruits are divided into 

 unilocular, multilocular and multiple fruits. 



FIG. 131 .Strobiles. 1, Spruce (Picea Abies) ; 2, pitch pine (Pinus rigida) ; 

 3, larch (Larix depidua) ; 4, black birch (Betula lento) ; 5, arbor vitse (Thuja 

 occidentalis) ; 6, Tiemlock ( Tsuga canadensis) . 



Unilocular Dehiscent Fruits. The follicle, legume and 

 cochlea are simple unilocular fruits. 



A. follicle is a dry, one-carpelled fruit that dehisces by the 

 ventral suture, as in milkweed and apocynum. 



