drupe
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Drupe globose, resembling a very large orange, 5 chambers, each containing 1, 2 or more seeds, convex on one side and concave on the other, angular and much crowded.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Drupe with thin flesh and a 2-celled bony putamen.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Drupe globose, 1–2″ in diameter, covered by a fleshy envelope, formed by the receptacle.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Drupe pulpy, globose, resembling a crab-apple in size and taste, enclosing a hard, 2-celled seed.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Drupe small, ovoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded.—Shrubs, with opposite and often fascicled deciduous leaves and small flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
