Wednesday, January 12, 2011

World's smallest fruit


Wolffia Plants
The world's smallest fruit is naturally created by the world's smallest flowering plant, genus Wolffia, a part of the duckweed family., the smallest of which are the Australian Wolffia angusta and the Asian/African Wolffia globosa.

The plant itself measures about 1 mm long and the fruit is no bigger than a grain of salt.

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