-
feature is the inflated,
papery calyx enclosing each berry. The
calyx is
accrescent until the
fruit is
fully grown; at first, it is of
normal size, but after...
- be edible. The fruits,
which are
globular and
largely enclosed by the
accrescent calyces, can
reach a
kilogram in
weight and have a
taste described as...
- pentamerous, yellow. Sepals: five, gamosepalous, campanulate,
slightly accrescent, persistent, valvate. Petals: five,
polypetalous but
slightly connate...
- κρηπίδωμα
crepidoma cresc- grow, rise
Latin crescere accresce, accrescence,
accrescent, accrete, accretion, accrue, concrete, crescendo, crescent, crew, decrease...
- lobes, with the
lobes shorter than the tube, it is
persistent and
often accrescent. The
corolla usually has five
petals that are also
joined forming a tube...
- globose,
turned bluish-black or
black when ripe,
enclosed in the red
accrescent fruiting-calyx. The stem is
hollow and the
leaves are 15–20 cm (5.9–7...
- short, recurved, and
bearing two bractlets. Calyx:
Usually four-lobed,
accrescent under the fruit. Corolla:
Greenish yellow or
creamy white, tubular, four-lobed;...
- or lobed;
sometimes subtended by a
small bract,
entire or lobed, non
accrescent in the fruit.
Androgynous inflorescences usually with
female flowers at...
- of flower.
Brunfelsia australis :
ripening coriaceous berry,
showing accrescent calyx.
Brunfelsia uniflora : mid-shot of
plant in flower.
Brunfelsia undulata :...
- of Oxalis, Nolina, and Yucca. Antonym:
caulescent (possessing stem).
accrescent Increasing in size with age, such as a
calyx that
continues to grow after...