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How do magnolia seeds hang from their cone-like fruits?

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In the genus Magnolia, which belongs to the order Magnoliales, the fruit is an aggregate of follicles. When these follicles open to release their contents, the seeds—which are typically reddish in color—often hang pendulously from the cone-like fruit by slender threads.1