Morphoanatomy of Fruits

Question 1

Any structure that develops from a fertilized ovary and contains seeds of the plant

Answer 1

fruit

Question 2

the ovary wall becomes the

Answer 2

pericarp

Question 3

the thickened wall of the
fruit.

Answer 3

pericarp

Question 4

the fruit develops from a single ovary or the fused ovaries of one flower

Answer 4

simple fruit

Question 5

develops from several ovaries of
a single flower . Each carpel is separated from one another, therefore it forms a fruitlet.

Answer 5

aggregate

Question 6

derived from several ovaries of several flowers or from the ovaries of a compact inflorescence.

Answer 6

multiple

Question 7

used to refer to fruits containing only ovarian tissue

Answer 7

true fruit

Question 8

a fruit in which some of the flesh is derived not from the floral ovary but from some adjacent tissue
exterior to the carpel

Answer 8

accessory fruit

Question 9

when the pericarp is soft, juicy (pulpy) or succulent

Answer 9

fleshy

Question 10

when the pericarp is dry or paper upon maturity

Answer 10

dry

Question 11

types of simple fleshy fruit

Answer 11

drupe
berry
pepo
hespiridium
pome

Question 12

fruits with a stony and inedible endocarp

Answer 12

drupes

Question 13

fruit usually with a fleshy mesocarp and a single seed enclosed in a hard stony endocarp or pit

Answer 13

drupe

Question 14

all 3 layers of pericarp are soft or fleshy

Answer 14

berry

Question 15

fleshy fruit with thin skin has few to many seeds

Answer 15

true berries

Question 16

a berry with hard exocarp

Answer 16

pepo

Question 17

a berry with a tough skin (rind) that is derived from accessory tissue and the ovary’s exocarp

Answer 17

pepo

Question 18

berry with a leathery exocarp containing citrus oil

Answer 18

hespiridium

Question 19

berry-like with leathery or papery endocarp and fleshy accessory tissue derived from the floral tube

Answer 19

pome

Question 20

the pericarp forms a papery core that surrounds the seeds

Answer 20

pome

Question 21

types of dry simple fruits

Answer 21

dehiscent fruits
indehiscent fruits

Question 22

do nit split open to release seeds at maturity

Answer 22

indehiscent fruit

Question 23

types of indehiscent fruits

Answer 23

samara
achene
nut
grain
schizocarp

Question 24

have wings for wind dispersal

Answer 24

samara

Question 25

single-seeded with the seed attached at a single point inside the fruit

Answer 25

achene

Question 26

hard pericarp from a compound pistil but develops single, unattached seed

Answer 26

nut

Question 27

pericarp and seed loosely attached

Answer 27

achene

Question 28

fruit wall fused to the seen coat

Answer 28

grain

Question 29

at maturity, the compound pistil splits apart into separate carpels called mericarps that fully enclose the seed

Answer 29

schizocarpic

Question 30

types of simple dry dehiscent fruits

Answer 30

follicle legume silique capsule

Question 31

dry fruits split open to release seeds at maturity

Answer 31

dehiscent fruits

Question 32

splits on two sides

Answer 32

legume

Question 33

splits in several places (one split per carpel)

Answer 33

capsule

Question 34

splits on one side only

Answer 34

follicle

Question 35

splitting along one edge only and usually several form per flower to form an

Answer 35

aggregate of achenes

Question 36

fruit with a compound pistil splitting along or between carpel lines splitting at a number edges lengthwise

Answer 36

capsule

Question 37

fruit divided from a single flower having several to many pistils

Answer 37

aggregate fruit

Question 38

derived from several to many separate flowers in an inflorescence

Answer 38

multiple fruit

Question 39

development of fruit without fertilization.

Answer 39

parthenocarpy

Question 40

seedless fruits

Answer 40

parthenocarpy