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Dry Dehiscent Fruits-2
A Legume is a
Dry Dehiscent Fruit that Splits along
two Sutures. The
Fabaceae which is one of the largest families of flowering plants, was once called the
Leguminosae due the the fruit which is characteristic of this taxon. There are many
cultivated and native representatives of this family in Hawaii.
 Diagram of a Pisum flower |
 Diagram of a Pisum Fruit |
   Erythrina Flower Dissected to show the Reproductive Structures |
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   A progression of images showing a Pisum (Pea) Flower, Pisum Flower with immature Fruit and immature Fruit opened along two sutures. |
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 Flowers and Fruits of Koa |
 Erythrina sandwichensis (wiliwili) |
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Erythrina Fruit releasing one of its Seeds. Hawaiians use these Seeds to make Seed Leis. |
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