Fruits

Question 1

developed from the integument of the ovary; enclosing the seed and help in its dispersal

Answer 1

pericarp/fruit wall

Question 2

the outer layer of the fruit wall; usually forms the skin of the fruit

Answer 2

exocarp

Question 3

the middle layer of the fruit wall; usually the edible fleshy portion

Answer 3

mesocarp

Question 4

the inner layer of the fruit wall; usually the hard shell around the seed

Answer 4

endocarp

Question 5

the inner layer of the fruit wall; usually the hard shell around the seed

Answer 5

endocarp

Question 6

from a single ovary of a single flower

Answer 6

simple fruits

Question 7

from several ovaries of a single flower

Answer 7

aggregate fruit

Question 8

from ovaries of several flowers borne close together on a common axis

Answer 8

multiple/collective fruit

Question 9

soft and pulpy at maturity

Answer 9

fleshy fruits

Question 10

derived from either a simple or a compound ovary; contains one to many seeds

Answer 10

berry

Question 11

modified berry with a separable leathery rind composed of exocarp and mesocarp

Answer 11

hesperidium

Question 12

modified berry with an inseparable, rigid rind composed of the exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp form the flesh

Answer 12

pepo

Question 13

thin skin surrounds fleshy or fibrous mesocarp; endocarp at center forms a stony wall around the seed

Answer 13

drupe

Question 14

dry and hard or papery at maturity; split open along one or more sutures or seams

Answer 14

dry dehiscent fruits

Question 15

forms single carpel; split open along one margin

Answer 15

follicle

Question 16

forms from a single carpel; split open along two margins

Answer 16

legume

Question 17

forms from superior ovary with two locules; at maturity, pericarp separates into three portions

Answer 17

silique

Question 18

forms from two or more fused carpels; splits open along multiple seams; forms pores, or forms a lid-like cap that falls off

Answer 18

capsule

Question 19

do not split by definite seam or pores at maturity

Answer 19

dry indehiscent fruits

Question 20

single-seeded fruit in which seed is attached to pericarp at only one point

Answer 20

achene

Question 21

winged achene

Answer 21

samara

Question 22

fruit consisting of two carpels that split into two one-seeded halves

Answer 22

schizocarp

Question 23

single-seeded fruit in which seed is completely fused to pericarp

Answer 23

grains/caryopsis

Question 24

single-seeded fruit derived from compound ovary; possesses hard pericarp

Answer 24

nut