dehisce

They dehisce along each edge to release up to 26 to 30 seeds each.

When the pods of the plant dry, they dehisce (split open), spreading the seeds over a wide area.

Fruits dehisce longitudinally, along two to four ventral slits.

Upon maturity, they tend to dehisce longitudinally.

The anthers dehisce via longitudinal slits.

Wiliwili means "repeatedly twisted" in the Hawaiian language and refers to the seedpods, which dehisce, or twist open, to reveal the seeds.

The fruit of A. virgata are capsules which dehisce lengthwise through the ovary wall near the center of each of the 5 chambers.

Although similar in appearance to Hibiscus, Kosteletzkya typically bears more flattened capsules that dehisce loculicidally.

Furthermore, on the rare occasion that oca plants do produce fruit, their loculicidal capsules dehisce spontaneously, making it difficult to harvest seed.