Topic 19 - Fruits and Fruit Development
Fruits composed of several to many small fruits, all of which originate from a single flower with many separate pistils
aggreagate fruit
Category of fruit for strawberries
aggregate
Fruits that split open at maturity
dehiscent fruits
Category of fruit for beans
dry (dehiscent, legume)
Category of fruit for corn
dry (indehiscent, grain)
Category of fruit for dandilions
dry (samara)
Category of fruit for maples (helicopters)
dry (samara)
Fruits in which the pericarp and associated accessory structures become more or less dry when mature
dry fruits
Category of fruit for pears
fleshy (pome)
Fruits in which a part or all of the pericarp and any accessory structures are fleshy at maturity
fleshy fruits
Fruits that do NOT split open at maturity
indehiscent fruits
Category of fruit for pineapple
multiple
Fruits composed of the mature ovaries of an inflorescence together with any associated accessory structures; the mature fruits from a single unit; mostly fleshy
multiple fruits
Fruits that develop from a single pistil and consist of a single mature ovary together with any closely associated accessory structures
simple fruits
Strictly speaking, what is a fruit?
sweet and fleshy product of a plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food
Category of fruit for peanuts
dry (dehiscent,legume)
Category of fruit for bananas
fleshy (berry)
Category of fruit for cucumbers
fleshy (berry)
Category of fruit for oranges
fleshy (berry)
Category of fruit for tomatoes
fleshy (berry)
Category of fruit for avocados
fleshy (drupe)
Category of fruit for coconuts
fleshy (drupe)
Category of fruit for plums
fleshy (drupe)
Category of fruit for apples
fleshy (pome)
What is (are) the function(s) of fruit?
to attract animals which help spread the seeds within the fruit
