Fascicle (botany)

Fascicled flowers of Butea monosperma, (Flame of the forest)
Details of fasciculation of florets in an inflorescence of a Sansevieria species

In botany, a fascicle is a bundle of leaves or flowers growing crowded together; alternatively the term might refer to the vascular tissues that supply such an organ with nutrients.[1] However, vascular tissues may occur in fascicles even when the organs they supply are not fascicled.

  1. ^ Shashtri, Varun. Dictionary of Botany. Publisher: Isha Books 2005. ISBN 978-8182052253