loment
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A loment (or lomentum) is a part of certain legume plants. It is a type of dehiscent{{cite book|author=Bell, A.D.|year=1997|title=Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, U.K.}} fruit that breaks apart at the constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains only one seed.{{cite book|author=Beentje, H.|year=2010|title=The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms|publisher=Kew Publishing|location=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|others=illustrated by Williamson, J.}} It is a type of schizocarp.
Tick trefoil (Desmodium) and sweet vetch (Hedysarum) are two genera that exhibit this fruit type, which is found particularly in the tribe Hedysareae of the family Fabaceae.
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