fruit samara fruit indehiscent fruit (broad) PO_GIT:644 A fruit (PO:0009001) which develops from a carpel (PO:0009030) and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp (PO:0009085), dry mesocarp (PO:0009087), and dry endocarp (PO:0009086) that are elongated into a wing-like structure. flügfrucht (exact, German) sámara (exact, Spanish) plant_anatomy samara (exact) The pericarp (PO:0009084) can be expanded laterally or radially. The wing-shaped fruits of maples (Acer spp.) are often mistakenly identified as samara fruits (PO:0030099), but are instead schizocarp fruits (PO:0030098) with samaroid mericarps (PO:0020075). Examples: green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanicum) and tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima). PO:0030099