Term Information

Accession
PO:0030098
Name
schizocarp fruit
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
doppelnuß (exact, German), esquizocarpio (exact, Spanish), esquizocarpo (exact, Spanish), schizocarp (exact), spalt-nußfrucht (exact, German), pyrine (narrow), indehiscent fruit (broad)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A fruit (PO:0009001) which develops from a gynoecium (PO:0009062) and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp (PO:0009085), dry mesocarp (PO:0009087), and dry endocarp (PO:0009086) that separate into mericarps (PO:0020075). Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, NYBG:Dario_Cavaliere, NYBG:Brandon_Sinn
Comment
Each individual carpellate unit of a schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098) is a mericarp (PO:0020075). Example: maple (Acer spp.).
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
schizocarp fruit [is_a relation] is_a  fruit (PO:0009001)
Children of schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
mericarp (PO:0020075) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  schizocarp fruit
PO_GIT
643