fruit silique fruit schote (exact, German) silicula (exact) silicua (exact, Spanish) PO_GIT:650 A fruit (PO:0009001) which develops from a gynoecium (PO:0009062) and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp (PO:0009085), dry mesocarp (PO:0009087), and dry endocarp (PO:0009086), that dehisce along two fruit valves (PO:0000033) and separate from a persistent fruit replum (PO:0025267). silícula (exact, Spanish) In contrast to legume fruit (PO:0030100), silique fruit develop from a syncarpous (multicarpellate) gynoecium (PO:0009062) separated by a false septum (replum, PO:0025267), which persists through fruit maturity. Examples: members of Brassicaceae, lyrate rockcress (Arabidopsis lyrata), mouse-ear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea), field mustard (Brassica rapa), and pink shepherd's purse (Capsella rubella). silicle (exact) dehiscent fruit (broad) plant_anatomy PO:0030106 siliqua (exact) silique (exact)