Fruits

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Fruit

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a developing or mature pistil, with or without closely associated floral parts. The ovulary portion of the pistil is the part that commonly enlarges

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Functions of a fruit

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protect developing seeds, help disperse mature seeds

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Pericarp

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is the mature fruit wall (carpel wall); it is edible part of many fruits, like tomatoes; divided into three parts

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Exocarp

Mesocarp

Endocarp

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the skin like outer layer

the center layer

the innermost layer

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Aggregate

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fruits that develop from several mature ovaries existing as a unit on a common receptacle (blackberry)

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Multiple

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fruits develop from the ovaries of many flowers grouped into a single unit (fig)

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Dehiscence

Indehiscent

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refers to opening of a mature fruit, which allows the seeds to disseminate

fruits that don't open at maturity; pulpy or nut-like

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Dehiscent

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fruits are thwose wich split open or develop pores which provide for the release of seeds; carpel wall becomes dry at maturity

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Fleshy

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fruits are those in which the pericarp and floral cup, if present, remain primarily soft and succulent during the entire development period

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Berry

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a fruit which the pericarp is fleshy throughout and is compose of one or more carpels (grape)

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Pepo

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a berry with a dense or hard epidermis or rind such as squash; usually develop from epigynous flowers

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Hesperidium

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is a berry with a leathery rind such as an orange; juice filled vesicles which develop into the loculus from the outer wall of the endocarp

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Drupe

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or stone fruits are usually derived from a single carpel, in which the exocarp is thin, forming the skin

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pseudodrupes or pseudonuts

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drupe fruits that are dry and somewhat similiar to a nut

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Pome

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is an accessory fruit composed of a fleshy floral cup surrounding (5) carpel syncarpous gynoecium which has a skin-like endocarp; ie apple

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Dry fruits

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are those which teh pericarp becomes dry at maturity

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Legume

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composed of one carpel, which splits along two sutures when mature, eg: peas, beans

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Follicle

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consists of one carpel which splits along ventral suture when mature; ie Milkweed

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Capsule

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is composed of two or more carpels which dehisce; azalea

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Caryopsis

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grain fruit is composed of one seed with thin carpel wall firmly united to the seed coat; ie corn

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Achene

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is small one-seeded fruit derived from a simple or compound pistil in which the seed is attached only by the funiculus to the leathery or hard ovulary wall. Sunflower, rose

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Nut

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typically a one seed fruit which develops from a compound ovary with the seed attached only by the funiculus to the hard or stony pericarp; nuts are usually larger than achene

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cupule

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or involucre; the covering around a nut that partly surrounds the fruit

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Samara

Schizocarp

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a small one or two seeded fruit, somewhat similiar to an anchene, except for wing like outgrowth of the pericarp (ash, maple)

is a dry compound fruit splitting at maturity into individual one seeded achenes (celery, carrot)

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Cones

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gynosperm's mature female strobili serve a function analogous to that of fruits (woody, berry, or fleshy) ex - sporophylls (sprangium covered Strobilus scales mod leaves); open at seed maturity; conifers and cycads