dehiscent

Dehiscent fruit

--- fruits that opens at maturity to release seeds.

Indehiscent fruit do not split open when ripe. Dehiscent fruits do split open along a built in line of weakness. An example of a dehiscent fruit is a peanut. An indehiscent fruit would be an apple.

The fruit matures open and releases seeds in angiosperms. Fruits are dehiscent and nondehiscent types.

dehiscenthave open fruits and they disperse when mature

indehiscentdo not have open fruits.