In R. raphanistrum the siliqua is articulated, that is to say, contracted at intervals, and the seeds placed each in a division. |
Pistachia vera is grown extensively in some regions of North Africa and the Near East for its nuts, and Ceratonia siliqua in semi-arid to sub-humid areas of North Africa produces a fruit which contains 40-50 percent of sugar. |
Kalys's carob is a flour extracted from the storage reserves of the carob tree Ceratonia siliqua. |
In R. sativus the siliqua is continuous, and forms a single cavity. |
The silicula, of the same nature as the siliqua, but about as broad as it is long. |
The siliqua, a long, narrow fruit that splits into two valves which separate from a membrane with placenta on both sides. |