Syconium

Fig. 104.—Multiple fruits, i, Syconium of Fig cut vertically to show hollowed out receptacle (r) of ripened flower cluster 2, strobile of the hop 3, galbalus of Juniper.

Multiple Fruits.— The Syconium is a multiple fruit consisting of a succulent hollow torus enclosed within which are akene-like bodies, products of many flowers. Example Fig. 104 (i). 

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