Loment

[[Image:Hedysarum hedysaroides 2005.08.03 10.36.20.jpg|250px|thumb|Loments of ''Hedysarum hedysaroides'']] A '''loment''' (or '''lomentum''') is a part of certain legume plants. It is a type of dehiscent<ref name=Bell>{{cite book|author=Bell, A.D.|year=1997|title=Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, U.K.}}</ref> fruit that breaks apart at the constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains only one seed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Beentje, H.|year=2010|title=The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms|publisher=Kew Publishing|location=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|others=illustrated by Williamson, J.}}</ref> It is a type of schizocarp.<ref name=Bell/>

Tick trefoil (''Desmodium'') and sweet vetch (''Hedysarum'') are two genera that exhibit this fruit type, which is found particularly in the tribe Hedysareae of the family Fabaceae.

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