NatureWorld record
Smallest fruit (Wolffia angusta, length)
Record
0.30 mm
0.012 in
- Record holder
- Wolffia angusta
What to remember
The fruit of Wolffia angusta is 0.30 mm long and weighs about 70 micrograms. It is the smallest fruit of any plant.
This record belongs not to one individual plant but to a whole species.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records held by plants” (revision used 1347420353). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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