Fruits Flashcards
Develops from one to several fused carpels in the same flower
Simple fruit
Develops form separate unfused carpels in the same flower
Aggregate fruit
Develops from ovaries of more than one flower
Multiple fruit
Of the three main types of fruit, a strawberry is which type?
Aggregate
Of the three main types of fruit, a legume is which type?
Simple
Of the three main types of fruit, a pineapple is which type?
Multiple
What type of fruit is a tomato?
True berry - Fleshy meso and endo carp
What type of fruit is a squash?
Pepo - hard rind
What type of fruit is a lemon?
Hespiridium - leathery rind
What type of fruit is a blueberry?
False berry - Fleshy, but formed from inferior ovary
What type of fruit is a pear?
Pome - syncarpous, inferior ovary
What type of fruit is a peach?
Drupe - Has one carpel with one seed inside (Stone fruit)
What is a follicle fruit?
Single carpel splits down one side (milkweed)
What is a legume?
Single carpel splits down two sides (pea)
What is a silique?
Two fused carpels, 2 sides split, seeds on cental axis/ (canola)
What is a capsule?
Compound ovary, more than one fused carpel, splits in different ways (snapdragon)
What is an achene?
Single seed attached to ovary wall (Sunflower)
What is a samara?
Winged version of achene
What is caryopsis?
Grain, seed is fused to entire pericarp
What is a nut?
One seeded at maturity, but is from a compound ovary (Acorn)
What is a schizocarp?
Compound ovary that splits into two - 1 seeded portions with a wing (maple)
What is a cypsela?
Similar to achene, with pappus modified into plume (dandelion)
