A valve may develop from an entire carpel (as in Brassicaceae) or from part of a carpel (as in Fabaceae). If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to the specific type of fruit (PO:0009001), such as achene fruit (PO:0030107), berry fruit (PO:0030108), capsule fruit (PO:0030091), caryopsis fruit (PO:0030104), drupe fruit (PO:0030103), follicle fruit (PO:0030105), legume fruit (PO:0030100), nut fruit (PO:0030102), samara fruit (PO:0030099), schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098), silique fruit (PO:0030106), or their subclasses, depending on the species.

A valve that is a part of a fruit that splits apart when the fruit dehisces.

valva de fruto (Spanish, exact)

果実の弁 (Japanese, exact)

plant_anatomy

PO:0000033