Pod

Pod [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	Pod is a non-technical term used to describe a dry fruit or seed vessel that bursts open when mature and is more or less elongated and cylindrical or flattened, as of the pea and bean.

Orbea variegata

Generally legumes are called “pods” although pod is also applied to a few other fruit types.
Commonly the fruit of several succulent plant are called pods: for example siliques, capsules and the Dehiscent follicles of Pachypodium and Asclepiadaceae (Milkweeds)

Left: A follicle (pod) of Orbea variegata

Right: A mature follicle of Stapelia grandiflora

Stapelia grandiflora

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