A milkweed follicle releasing its seeds. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored

In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia, peony and milkweed. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. Magnolia is a large Genus of about 210 Flowering plant Species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Banksia is a Genus of around 170 Species in the Plant family Proteaceae. For the ancient Balkan region and tribe see Paionia. The peony or paeony ( Paeonia) is the only genus in the

It is rare to meet with a solitary follicle forming the fruit. There are usually several aggregated together, either in a whorl on a shortened receptacle, as in hellebore, aconite, larkspur, columbine or the order Crassulaceae, or in a spiral manner on an elongated receptacle, as in Magnolia and Banksia. Commonly known as Hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species (ongoing fieldwork may see this figure change of Herbaceous Aquilegia ( columbine) is a Genus of about 60-70 species of Herbaceous Perennial plants that are found in Meadows Woodlands The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of Dicotyledons They store water in their Succulent leaves Magnolia is a large Genus of about 210 Flowering plant Species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Banksia is a Genus of around 170 Species in the Plant family Proteaceae. Occasionally, follicles dehisce by the dorsal suture, as in Magnolia grandiflora and Banksia. Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern magnolia or bull bay, is a Magnolia native to the southeastern United

External link

• Encyclopedia Britannica 1991 on Fruit