Sea Rocket
Seed pods

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Photos © 2003 by Mary Jo Adams

These are the fruit or pods of Cakile maritima (left) and Cakile edentula (on the right). Note the V-shaped suture and the wing like protuberances on the C. maritima (European sea rocket) pod. The C. edentula (American sea rocket) pod has only a simple constriction between the two sections.

This page was created on 11/16/03

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