Each fruit contains one or more carpels, hollow chambers that protect and nourish the seeds. Slice a tomato in half, for instance, and you'll find carpels. These structures are the defining trait ...

This is because the entire fruit is made up of three carpels that have fused to look like one. But why would you need to split a banana into lengths anyway? Perfectly packaged and easy to transport, ...

Now, nine days later on an island called Payer, Fay is down on his hands and knees again, squinting, counting petals and carpels, taking photos. He’s got 12 species in his notebook by the time ...

We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are ...

In disc flowers, anthers develop fully and form a postgenitally fused structure that covers the carpel. Whorl 4: Gerbera flowers have one pistil made of two joined carpels. The ovary is inferior ...