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Basic Fruit Types-8

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Dry Indehiscent Fruits-2

A Samara is an Achene with Wings. The Wings are   elaborations of the Pericarp.
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Single Samaras of Ash (Fraxinus)		 MapleImmatureFru2.jpg (85183 bytes)
Immature Pairs of Maple (Acer) Samaras in Spring
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Mature Maple Samaras in the Autumn		 SamaraFrost500.jpg (89001 bytes)
Maple Samaras in Winter
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Speceis in the Malpighiaceae that produces Samaras
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Close-up of the Gynoecium		 MalpigSamaraVVClose12CropCrop.jpg (110477 bytes)

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