Umbelliferous Fruit

General Characteristics
1. Schizocarpic (cremocarps).
2. form bilocular bicarpellary inferior ovaries.
3. Each cremocarp = two mericarps.
4. The carpophore connects the mericarps.
5. Carpophore is attached to the stalk
6. The mericarp has two surfaces: dorsal and commisural.
7. The remains of the sepals and style (stylopod) are located at the apex proving that the fruit originates
from an inferior ovary.
8. The mericarp is ridged with 5 primary and 4 secondary ridges.
9. A bicollateral v.b. is present under each primary ridge.
10. A schizogenous duct (vitta) is located under each secondary ridge.
11. Two more vittae are located towards the commisural surface.
12. The endocarp cells may divide to form a parquetry-like structure.
13. The seed is anatropous and the raphe is located towards the commisural surface.
14. The seed is albuminous and the embryo is straight and apical.
The Members of Family Umbelliferae
Fennel
Caraway
Cumin
Dill
Celery
Anise
Conium
Coriander
Ammi visnaga
Ammi majus
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Umbelliferous Fruit






Kinds of Umbelliferous Fruits
Orthospermous:
Straight endosperm.
Fennel, Anise,
Caraway, ..etc.
Coelospermous:
Curved (concave)
endosperm.
Coriander
Campylospermous:
Deeply grooved
endosperm.
Conium
Umbelliferous Fruit