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In Lithocarpus, the cupule is very hard and bone-like in texture. The calybium is the fruit proper. It develops from an inferior ovary, meaning it is initially encased in the future cupule. Technically the calybium is a nut, as its ovary wall becomes dry with the embryo loosely enclosed inside, and remains closed until germination.
The acorn is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus, Notholithocarpus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a seedling surrounded by two cotyledons (seedling leaves), enclosed in a tough shell known as the pericarp, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule.
Female flowers are 3 mm (0.12 in) long and are located at the base of some catkins. The fruit is a golden-colored cupule 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter with many sharp spines, maturing in autumn. Each cupule contains one ovoid shiny dark brown nut that is edible. [5]
The sweet chestnut is naturally self incompatible, meaning that the plant cannot pollinate itself, making cross-pollination necessary. [5] Some cultivars only produce one large seed per cupule, while others produce up to three seeds. [5] The nut itself is composed of two skins: an external, shiny brown part, and an internal skin adhering to the ...
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed ( indehiscent ).
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Semecarpus anacardium, commonly known as the marking nut tree, Malacca bean tree, marany nut, oriental cashew, [2] dhobi nut tree and varnish tree, [3] is a native of India, found in the outer Himalayas to the Coromandel Coast.
The fruit is a densely spiny cupule 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter, containing two or three glossy brown nuts; these are 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) diameter on wild trees. The scientific name mollissima derives from the softly downy shoots and young leaves. [2] [3]