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The small dry fruit which develops from a superior bicarpellary ovary and later on splits into four chambers enclosing one seed in each is the characteristic fruit of the members of the family Labiatae, it is
The small dry fruit which develops from a superior bicarpellary ovary and later on splits into four chambers enclosing one seed in each is the characteristic fruit of the members of the family Labiatae, it is
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The correct option is A Carcerule
Labiatae family is also known as Lamiaceae or the mint is closely related to Verbenaceae. The flowering plants which are mostly used as culinary herbs have their fruit developing from a bicarpellary ovary and splitting into four chambers which are non-fleshy, or rarely fleshy, more or less a schizocarp or a mericarp which are few seeded. These are either called the nutlets enclosed in a persistent calyx or also called the carcerule.
Labiatae family is also known as Lamiaceae or the mint is closely related to Verbenaceae. The flowering plants which are mostly used as culinary herbs have their fruit developing from a bicarpellary ovary and splitting into four chambers which are non-fleshy, or rarely fleshy, more or less a schizocarp or a mericarp which are few seeded. These are either called the nutlets enclosed in a persistent calyx or also called the carcerule.
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