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On Jun 12, 5:42*pm, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:08:31 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-06-12 16:23:20 +0100, Jeff Layman said:

Just been to an NGS garden. *There was a shrub with fruit that I hadn't
seen before. *According to the owner, it was Exochorda (x macrantha
"The Bride" apparently).

Does Exochorda commonly produce fruit? *The owner had never seen fruit
before, and I haven't come across it. *But then it's (a) usually in
flower when I see it, or (b) I paid no attention to a shrub not in
flower so just didn't notice it.

Can those who grow Exochorda confirm that it regularly fruits (or
doesn't) as the case may be?

I'm not going out to look at ours in this but here's something that
suggests they have seed capsules, if that's what is meant *
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Exochorda

Are not all "fruits" essentially seed capsules?- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, but I would differentiate between wet (Fruit) and dry (Capsule)
Google Images for Exochorda fruit

In botanical jargon they are all fruits. A capsule is a particular type
of dry fruit, which includes poricidal capsules (as in Papaver) and
loculicidal capsules (as in Hibiscus). Exocharda apparently has a
coccetum, which is defined as "an aggregate fruit with dehiscent
fruitlets opening along the dorsal and ventral sutures".

http://www.kew.org/ucm/groups/public...cont_029192.pd
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