Fruits Flashcards
Is a matured ovary or group of ovaries usually containing seed, together with any adjacent parts adhering to them.
Fruit
the wall of a fruit which develops from the ovary wall
Pericarp
Outer layer of pericarp
Exocarp
Middle layer of pericarp
Mesocarp
Inner part of pericarp
Endocarp
characteristic reproductive structure of seed plants which is formed from the ovule
Seed
outer layer of the seed which
develops from the integument of the ovule. It is also called testa. The tegmen is the inner integument of the ovule.
Seed coat
Stored food of the plant in the seed
Endosperm
the part that will form the growing seedling after germination (resumption of growth)
Embryo
one that develops from a single ovary
Simple
formed from a group of ovaries produced in a single flower (ex. Atis, guyabano, anonas)
Aggregate
composed of the ovaries of a cluster of flowers that are borne on the same stalk (ex. Lanka, pakak)
Multiple
each eye is an individual fruit, as the individual fruit grows, they fuse together
Pineapple
derived from accessory parts of the flowers like the calyx or receptacle or both
Accessory fruits
pericarp is soft and fleshy
Fleshy
fleshy simple fruit with succulent pericarp (ex. Tomato, banana)
Berry