Asparagaceae

Fruit indehiscent, berryberry:
an indehiscent, fleshy fruit with one or a few to many seeds. The flesh may be homogenous throughout. Or, if the outer part is hard, firm, or leathery, referred to as an hesperidium. Septa are present in some, and the seeds may be arillate or with a fleshy testa.
or dehiscent, loculicidalloculicidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally through the locules (compare septicidal)
or septicidalsepticidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally by separating between the septa of adjacent carpels
capsulecapsule:
a dry, dehiscent fruit formed by two or more carpels
, or rarely a schizocarpschizocarp:
fruit formed from a single ovary, with fused carpels, with or without accessory tissue; splitting between locules to form distinct, indehiscent, usually one seeded segments; usually dry, rarely fleshy (compare mericarp)
(Ledebouria), 2–230 mm long, globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to angularangular:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
, sometimes sulcatesulcate:
surface relief—having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and shallow depressions or grooves
, tereteterete:
approximately circular in cross section; width and thickness approximately equal
or angledangled:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
in transectiontransection:
a cross section; representing a plane made by cutting across an organ at a right angle to its length
, sometimes with a persistent stylestyle:
in a flower, the narrow and elongated part of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary; sometimes persisting in fruit
or perianthperianth:
collective term for calyx and corolla of a flower
, one seeded or up to 10 seeded. Pericarppericarp:
fruit wall or fruit coat
black or brown (capsules) or red, orange, blue, purple, or black (berries), shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
or dulldull:
reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen
, fleshyfleshy:
texture—fairly firm and dense, juicy or at least moist, and easily cut
to chartaceouschartaceous:
=papery, papyraceous
, glabrousglabrous:
without hairs
or pubescentpubescent:
surface relief—bearing hairs
, smooth, ribbed, wartywarty:
surface relief—distinct, rounded projections that are large relative to the fruit size; tuberculate, verrucose
, or spinyspiny:
having slender, stiff, sharp projections oriented in the general plane of the structure
. Fruits in Nolina and some species of Chlorophytum are three-winged. Agave species have beakedbeaked:
a usually firm, terminal appendage, sometimes tapered
fruits. Eriospermum’s loculicidalloculicidal:
type of capsular dehiscence, opening longitudinally through the locules (compare septicidal)
capsulescapsules:
a dry, dehiscent fruit formed by two or more carpels
(globose or lobed) have unique long, unicellular hairs up to 8 mm long.

Seed globoseglobose:
3D shape—more or less spherical
to angledangled:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
, including discoidaldiscoidal:
3D shape—resembling a disc
to irregular, tereteterete:
approximately circular in cross section; width and thickness approximately equal
, angledangled:
2D shape—having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles  
or flattened in transectiontransection:
a cross section; representing a plane made by cutting across an organ at a right angle to its length
, 0.7–20 mm long. Liriope and Ophiopogon seeds have bright, blue sarcotestasarcotesta:
pulpy or fleshy outer layer of the seed coat, simulates aril
. Seed coat black or brown, rarely orange, red, or white, hard and thinthin:
having or being of relatively little depth
, shinyshiny:
uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles
or dulldull:
reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen
, smooth, wrinkled, pittedpitted:
surface relief—surface with small depressions in which the areas between the hollows do not take on the appearance of a true reticular net
, papillatepapillate:
surface relief—bearing minute, distinct, broad-based projections, tapering to a rounded apex
, or reticulatereticulate:
surface relief—netted, raised walls or concave grooves forming a net-like surface pattern with flat, concave, or convex interspaces
, and sometimes pubescentpubescent:
surface relief—bearing hairs
. Seeds in capsular fruit have phytomelanphytomelan:
carbonaceous, opaque material that usually covers the seed coat to give it a black appearance, common in certain monocot families
except in Eriospermum.

An elaiosomeelaiosome:
a lipid and protein-rich fleshy structure attached to some seeds and fruits, it attracts ants which then disperse the disseminule (e.g., caruncle in the Euphorbiaceae, the aril (outgrowth of the funiculus) in the Fabaceae)
is present in some Caesia, Hensmania, and Stawellia species; a white carunclecaruncle:
a localized outgrowth of the seed coat near the hilum of the seed; it functions as an elaiosome
is present in Johnsonia (seed black and reniformreniform:
2D or 3D shape—kidney-shaped
). Seeds are helically winged in Herreria and Herreriopsis.

Embryo well developed, linearlinear:
(shape) long, narrow, and uniform in width; (of embryo) embryo is straight and much longer than wide
, cylindric or broad, straight or curvedcurved:
(of embryo) linear embryo is curved into an arch or horseshoe with the ends far apart
(Anthericum, Arthropodium, Chlorogalum, Dichopogon, and Thysanotus), axile and centric. Endosperm copious, cartilaginouscartilaginous:
texture—firm, dense, tough, somewhat pliable, and resilient, like cartilage
or hard, smooth or corrugated.