page_title: Corsia
section_title: Fruit and seeds
hierarchical_section_title: Corsia / Description / Fruit and seeds
caption_attribution_description: Fruits of Corsia ornata
context_page_description: Corsia is a little-studied plant genus from the monocotyledon family Corsiaceae. It was first described in 1877 by Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari and contains 25 species, all of which lack chlorophyll and parasitize fungi for nutrition. All 25 species are distributed through New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia.
context_section_description: After pollination (possibly by flies), the peduncles extend and a 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long and slender cylindrical yellowish brown capsule fruit forms. The small dust-like seeds are about 1 to 3.2 mm (0.039 to 0.126 in) long, 0.3 mm (0.012 in) thick and colored pale to dark brown. The seed coat tightly encloses the endosperm and its surface is finely grooved longitudinally. Although the native habitat of Corsia is relatively calm, seed dispersal is presumed to be facilitated by wind (anemochory).
caption: Fruits of Corsia ornata
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