**3. Results and discussion**

#### **3.1 Anatomy of the fruit**

The fruit of *Calotropis procera* is a double follicle that develops from bicarpellery apocarpous ovules. The mature fruit has fused stigma namely pentagonal

stigma and the ovaries are free from each other. Later the stigma breaks and the two carpels become free from each other. The ovules develop into cylindrical, elongated fruits called follicles. The follicles are thick, soft and cylindrical. The ovules are many and attached to marginal placentum. When the follicles become fully matured they dehisce longitudinally along with the marginal layer of placental tissue.
