A loment (or lomentum) is a type of dehiscent[1]legume fruit that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains only one seed.[2] It is a type of schizocarp.[1]
^ a bBell, A.D. (1997). Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
^Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. illustrated by Williamson, J. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.
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