drupe

a type of succulent, fleshy fruit produced by some plants in which the seed is enclosed in a hard, woody ‘stone’. The fruit is formed from the swollen tissue of the PERICARP. Examples include peach, plum, cherry, olive, apricot.

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It is possible to compare Celtis growth with that of other drupaceous fruits, but no other data have been published for drupes with high concentrations of silica and calcium.

Growth and biomineralization of Celtis occidentalis (Ulmaceae) pericarps

Araliaceae Fruits of this family are commonly drupaceous, and only rarely winged.

Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits

Previous morphological studies have indicated that Styphelieae have the following synapomorphies: fruit drupaceous, ovary 1-11 locular (each locule containing a single ovule), and the corolla mostly hairy inside (Taaffe et al., 2001).

Phylogenetic classification of Ericaceae: molecular and morphological evidence

The "Rauvolfieae" of Pichon (1949) (= "Alyxieae" sensu Leeuwenberg, 1994) has traditionally been characterized by having drupaceous fruits with a stony endocarp.

A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l

In contrast, members of Myoporum are characterised by a drupaceous fruit (Chinnock, 1982b).

Seed germination of the Australian desert shrub Eremophila (Myoporaceae)

By early- to mid-August, the mature drupaceous fruits of R.

Contrasting Soil Seed-bank Dynamics in Relation to Local Recruitment Modes in Two Clonal Shrubs, Rhus aromatica Ait. and R. glabra L. (Anacardiaceae)

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