Why would a plant have two different kinds of fruit?

Subject: Why would a plant have two different kinds of fruit?

Date: Mon Jun 7 21:16:49 1999
Posted by Joe Hunley
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: salyersville State/Province: ky Country: usa
Area of science: Botany
ID: 928808209.Bt

Message:


I read that "hog peanuts", (Amphicarpa bracteata)has two 
different flowers and fruit.  One type of flower grows near the 
ground and bears edible fruit while the other has pealike 
flowers and bears nonedible fruit.  What force in evolution 
would have caused that and which type of fruit contains the 
seeds of the plant?

Re: Why would a plant have two different kinds of fruit?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Botany | Botany archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Botany.