Vegetable
New Zealand spinach
Multigerm seed ballSeed ball:
This is the result of the fruit becoming embedded into the flower receptacle as found in Chenopodiaceae. Seed balls with more than one fruit embedded are multigerm as in garden beets.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Gray-brown
GranularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
Four to five perianth bases attached to the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
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New Zealand spinach produces units that are derived from an inferior ovary embedded in receptacleReceptacle:
The usually enlarged upper portion of the pedicel to which the parts of the flower are attached.
tissue. Each seed ballSeed ball:
This is the result of the fruit becoming embedded into the flower receptacle as found in Chenopodiaceae. Seed balls with more than one fruit embedded are multigerm as in garden beets. can contain 3-8 true seedsTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
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Not listed
Included
Aizoaceae
Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze
Tetragonia expansa Murray
