. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. FRUITS AND SEEDS »5i and bagh-anchrha (fig. 130) the calyx or perianth is accrescent, that is, not only persists but grows along with the fruit and forms parts of it. In chalta the accrescent 5- parted calyx completely encloses the true fruit, and is the part of th2 fruit that is edible. In hijli- badam or Cashew-nut {Anacar- dium occidentale) (fig. 131) the fleshy peduncle is a part of the fruit on the top of which grows the kidney-shaped nut; both the peduncle and the kernel of the nut are edible. The fruit (see fig. 176) of bhala or Marking Nut (Semecarp
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. FRUITS AND SEEDS »5i and bagh-anchrha (fig. 130) the calyx or perianth is accrescent, that is, not only persists but grows along with the fruit and forms parts of it. In chalta the accrescent 5- parted calyx completely encloses the true fruit, and is the part of th2 fruit that is edible. In hijli- badam or Cashew-nut {Anacar- dium occidentale) (fig. 131) the fleshy peduncle is a part of the fruit on the top of which grows the kidney-shaped nut; both the peduncle and the kernel of the nut are edible. The fruit (see fig. 176) of bhala or Marking Nut (Semecarpus Anacardiuni) is similar, but the nut is round- ish. In Guava and Apple (fig. 132) the fleshy enveloping thal- amus, the so-called calyx-tube, grows along with and forms part of the fruit, and this is the edible portion of the fruit. In the HIP (fig. 133) or fruit of the Rose the so-called. Fig. 131.—Fruit ot Hijli- badara or the Cashew-nut Tree, cut through downwards. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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