Fruit Flashcards
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.
fruit
The fruit wall is termed
pericarp
The fruit wall is termed pericarp and is composed of
exocarp, mesocarp,
and endocarp.
Some fruits are seedless
parthenocarpic.
The skin forms
exocarp,
inner boundary
around the seeds form the
endocarp
is often
the fleshy tissue between the
exocarp and endocarp.
Mesocarp
The
three regions collectively are
called the
pericarp.
KINDS OFFRUITS
▪ Fleshy Fruits
▪ Dry Fruits
▪ Aggregate Fruits
▪ Multiple Fruits
a simple fleshy fruit
with a single seed enclosed by
a hard, stony endocarp.
Drupe
Examples of Drupes
Examples: apricots, peaches,
cherries, plums, olives
usually developed
from a compound ovary and
commonly contain more than
one seed.
Berries
Examples of berries
Example: tomatoes, grapes,
peppers, eggplants
are simple fleshy
fruits, the bulk of whose flesh
comes from the enlarged
floral tube or receptacle
that grows up around the
ovary.
Pomes
Examples of pomes
Examples: apple, pear
DRY FRUITS examples
Examples: Legume, Siliques, Nuts
is one
that is derived from a
single flower with several
to many pistils.
Aggregate Fruits
Examples of Aggregates
Examples: raspberries,
blackberries and
strawberries
are derived from several to
many individual flowers in a
single inflorescence.
Multiple Fruits
Examples of multiple fruits
Examples: mulberries,
oranges, pineapples
Fruits and seeds dispersal
- Dispersal by Wind
- Dispersal by Animals
- Dispersal by Water
A simple fleshy fruit in which the fruit wall is soft throughout
Berry
A simple fleshy fruit in which the inner wall of the fruit is a hard stone
Drupe
A simple dry fruit that splits open along suture to release its seeds
Follicle
Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of a single carpel
Follicle
A simple, dry fruit in which the fruit wall is fused to the seed coat
Caryopsis
A simple, dry fruit in which the fruit wall is separate from the seed coat
Achene
A simple, dry fruit that has a stony wall, is usually large, and does not split open in maturity
Nut
A fruit that develops from a single flower with several to many pistils
Aggregate fruit
A simple dry fruit that splits open along two sutures to release its seeds
Legume
Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of a single carpel
Legume
A simple, dry fruit that splits open along two or more sutures or pores to release its seeds
Capsule
Fruit is formed from ovary that consists of two or more carpel
Capsule
A fruit that develops from ovaries of a group of flowers
multiple fruits
A fruit composed primarily of nonovarian tissue
Accessory fruit
Examples of dry fruits
legumes, Siliques, nuts
Examples of berries
tomatoes, grapes,
peppers, eggplants
