Fruits and Types of Inflorescence
Fruit from many carpels on a single flower. (example: strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, magnolia)
Aggregate
General: Pome
Apple
General: Berry Specific: Pepo
Cantaloupe
Seeds released through pores or multiple seams. (examples: irises, lilies, poppies, okra)
Capsule
Pericarp thin and not winged. Seed coat is permanently united with ovarian wall. (examples: cereal grains - barley, oats, wheat, rice; grasses)
Caryopsis
Type-
Dragon fruit
General: Berry
Grape
Types of Inflorescence: Panicle
main axis is branched with the branches bearing flower clusters
Pericarp thin and not winged. Seed remains attached to ovary wall by stalk, seed lies free. (examples: sunflower, buttercup)
Achene
General: Drupe
Avocado
General: Berry
Bananas
General: Berry
Bell Pepper
Endocarp fleshy or slimy; ovary usually many seeded. (examples: tomato, grape, peppers, cucumbers)
Berry
General: Aggregate
Blackberry
General: Berry
Blueberries
General: Drupe
Cherry
General: Berry Specific: Pepo
Cucumber
Endocarp hard and stony; ovary superior and single seeded. (examples: cherry, olive, coconut, avocado, walnut, pecan, cashew)
Drupe
General: Berry
Eggplant
General: Berry Specific: Hesperidium
Grapefuit
a special berry with numerous carpels (separable as sections); locules filled by juice sacs; pericarp covered by oil glands. (examples: Citrus- Orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit)
Hesperidium
General: Berry
Kiwi
Split occurs along two seams in the ovary. Seeds borne on one of the halves of the split ovary. (examples: pea and bean pods, peanuts)
Legume
General: Berry Specific: Hesperidium
Lemon
General: Berry Specific: Hesperidium
Lime
General: Drupe
Mango
Fruit from carpels of many flowers fused together. (example: pineapple, mulberry, ear of corn)
Multiple
Pericarp hard and thick, with a cup at its base. (examples: acorn, chestnut, hickory, pistachios)
Nut
General: Pome
Pear
a special berry from an epigynous flower of the Cucurbitaceae. (examples: cucumber, squash, watermelon, melons)
Pepo
General: Multiple
Pineapple
General: Nut
Pistachio
Flesh mostly of receptacle tissue; leathery ovarian wall; inferior ovary. (examples: apple, pear)
Pome
Pericarp thin and winged (examples: maple, ash, elm)
Samara
General: Aggregate
Strawberry
General: Achene
Sunflower
General: Berry
Tomatoes
General: Berry Specific: Pepo
Watermelon
General: Berry Specific: Pepo
Yellow crookmeck
Types of Inflorescence: Head
a cluster or ray and disk flowers on a very short axis, peduncle can either be flat or round
Types of Inflorescence: Catkin
a spike-like inflorescence with either staminate or carpellate flowers, typically found in woody species
Types of Inflorescence: Corymb
an inflorescence appearing to have a flat top; indeterminate inflorescence with outer flowers opening first; all flowers typically attached via pedicel
Types of Inflorescence: Simple umbel
indeterminate inflorescence, usually but not necessarily flat topped with the pedicels arising form a common point (resembles the stays of an umbrella)
Types of Inflorescence: Compound umbel
indeterminate inflorescence, usually but not necessarily flat topped with the peduncles and pedicels arising form a common point
Types of Inflorescence: Raceme
main axis is unbranched and elongated with flowers attached via a pedicel
Types of Inflorescence: Spike
the main axis is unbranched and elongated with sessile flowers are directly attached