A Look at Fruit Types

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    1. Fruit Types:
    2. “Fleshy Pericarp” Simple, Aggregate, or Multiple Fruits
    3. Simple Fruits Develop from an single ovary
    4. Berry • Entire pericarp is soft and fleshy – Examples: grape, elderberry, tomato
    5. Drupe • Exocarp and Mesocarp is fleshy – Endocarp is hard • Examples: peach, plum, cherry, mango
    6. Pome • Hypanthium forms most of fleshy tissue – Examples: apple, pear
    7. Pepo • A berry with a hard rind for an exocarp – Examples - Cucumber, pumpkin
    8. Hesperidium • A berry with a hard, leathery rind for an exocarp • “Citrus fruits” – Lemon, lime, orange
    9. AGGREGATE FRUITS • Multiple ovaries on the SAME flower – Strawberry, rose
    10. MULTIPLE FRUITS • Formed from more than one pistil of MANY flowers – Examples, pineapple, osage orange
    11. “DRY” Pericarp • Dehiscent- splitting when dry
    12. Dehiscent-Legume • Pod dehiscing along 2 sides – Example - pea
    13. Dehiscent-Follicle • Pod dehiscing along 1 side – Example - milkweed
    14. Dehiscent- Capsule • Fruit formed from more than one pistil and dehiscing in many ways – Example - impatiens, jewelweed
    15. “Dry” Pericarp • Indehiscent- not splitting when dry
    16. Indehiscent - Achene • Seed tightly enclosed by a dry pericarp – Example - sunflower
    17. Indehiscent - Nut • Developed from one pistil (more than one are present) – Example - oaks
    18. Indehiscent - Samara • A winged achene – Example - maple, ash, elm
    19. Indehiscent - Schizocarp • Achene which splits into two parts – Example - wild carrot
    20. Indehiscent- Capsule • Has “chambers” that dehise in many ways – Example - lily, yucca, poppy
    21. Indehiscent- Silique • Has 2 narrow pieces separated by a partition – Example -mustard, FAST PLANTS
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