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Page 175
... fruits - or berries , and bird distribution is thus widespread . The fruit types , however , are of some inter- est . In some species of Nyssa , a genus mainly of swamp trees or shrubs , for example , the drupes may be distrib- uted by ...
... fruits - or berries , and bird distribution is thus widespread . The fruit types , however , are of some inter- est . In some species of Nyssa , a genus mainly of swamp trees or shrubs , for example , the drupes may be distrib- uted by ...
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... fruit - pumpkin Ecballium elaterium fruit branch with young fruit and female flower Drawing by M. Pahl female flower Citrullus colocynthis Some representative plant structures in the order Cucurbitales . GENERAL FEATURES male flower ...
... fruit - pumpkin Ecballium elaterium fruit branch with young fruit and female flower Drawing by M. Pahl female flower Citrullus colocynthis Some representative plant structures in the order Cucurbitales . GENERAL FEATURES male flower ...
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... fruit ) . There are other species used for food but in a minor way and mostly by primitive tribes in Africa ... fruit separates from the stem with ex- plosive force , and the seeds are ejected from the fruit under pressure , travelling a ...
... fruit ) . There are other species used for food but in a minor way and mostly by primitive tribes in Africa ... fruit separates from the stem with ex- plosive force , and the seeds are ejected from the fruit under pressure , travelling a ...
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