Fruit

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consists of a ripened ovary
or (ovaries and its contents, seeds and other parts of the flower), together with any adjacent part that may be
fused with it.

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fruit

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The fruit wall is termed

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pericarp

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The fruit wall is termed pericarp and is composed of

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exocarp, mesocarp,
and endocarp.

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Some fruits are seedless

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parthenocarpic.

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The skin forms

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exocarp,

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inner boundary
around the seeds form the

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endocarp

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is often
the fleshy tissue between the
exocarp and endocarp.

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Mesocarp

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The
three regions collectively are
called the

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pericarp.

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KINDS OFFRUITS

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▪ Fleshy Fruits
▪ Dry Fruits
▪ Aggregate Fruits
▪ Multiple Fruits

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a simple fleshy fruit
with a single seed enclosed by
a hard, stony endocarp.

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Drupe

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Examples of Drupes

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Examples: apricots, peaches,
cherries, plums, olives

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usually developed
from a compound ovary and
commonly contain more than
one seed.

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Berries

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Examples of berries

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Example: tomatoes, grapes,
peppers, eggplants

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are simple fleshy
fruits, the bulk of whose flesh
comes from the enlarged
floral tube or receptacle
that grows up around the
ovary.

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Pomes

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Examples of pomes

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Examples: apple, pear

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DRY FRUITS examples

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Examples: Legume, Siliques, Nuts

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is one
that is derived from a
single flower with several
to many pistils.

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Aggregate Fruits

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Examples of Aggregates

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Examples: raspberries,
blackberries and
strawberries

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are derived from several to
many individual flowers in a
single inflorescence.

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Multiple Fruits

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Examples of multiple fruits

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Examples: mulberries,
oranges, pineapples

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Fruits and seeds dispersal

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• Dispersal by Wind
• Dispersal by Animals
• Dispersal by Water

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A simple fleshy fruit in which the fruit wall is soft throughout

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Berry

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A simple fleshy fruit in which the inner wall of the fruit is a hard stone

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Drupe

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A simple dry fruit that splits open along suture to release its seeds

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Follicle

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Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of a single carpel

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Follicle

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A simple, dry fruit in which the fruit wall is fused to the seed coat

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Caryopsis

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A simple, dry fruit in which the fruit wall is separate from the seed coat

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Achene

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A simple, dry fruit that has a stony wall, is usually large, and does not split open in maturity

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Nut

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A fruit that develops from a single flower with several to many pistils

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Aggregate fruit

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A simple dry fruit that splits open along two sutures to release its seeds

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Legume

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Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of a single carpel

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Legume

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A simple, dry fruit that splits open along two or more sutures or pores to release its seeds

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Capsule

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Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of two or more carpel

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Capsule

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A fruit that develops from ovaries of a group of flowers

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multiple fruits

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A fruit composed primarily of nonovarian tissue

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Accessory fruit

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Examples of dry fruits

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legumes, Siliques, nuts

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Examples of berries

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tomatoes, grapes,
peppers, eggplants