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Fruit consists of carpels where the ovules (seeds) develop and the ovary wall or pericarp, which may be fleshy (as in apples) or dry and hard (as in an acorn). Some fruits have seeds (mature ovules) enclosed within the ovary (apples, peaches, oranges, squash and cucumbers). The peel of an orange, the pea pod, the sunflower shell, and the skin flesh and pit of a peach are all derived from the pericarp. Other fruit have seeds that are situated on the periphery of the pericarp (corncob, strawberry flesh).
Figure 1. In apples, the ovary wall becomes the fleshy part of the fruit. Notice the small fruit structure in the blossom.
Figure 2. Pome fruit (apple)
Figure 3. Stone fruit (peach)
Conifers
Conifersare best known for their woody cones, pine cones. Junipers are an example of a conifer with a fleshy cone (Juniper berry). Upon close examination, the overlapping scales can be observed.
Figure 4. Fruit of conifers – Left: Woody seed cone (pine cone). Right: Fleshy seed cone (Juniper berry).
Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)Figure 4. Fruit of conifers – Left: Woody seed cone (pine cone). Right: Fleshy seed cone (Juniper berry).
Depending on flower structure and inflorescence type, fruits may be either simple, aggregate, or multiple.
[*=left]Simple – Fruit formed from one ovary.
[*=left]Aggregate – Fruit formed from a single flower with many ovaries. If not all of the ovaries are pollinated and fertilized, the fruit will be misshapen (raspberry, magnolia).
[*=left]Multiple – Fruit developed from a fusion of separate, independent flowers born on a single structure (mulberry, pineapple, beet seed).
Table 1. Key to Common Fruit Types |
2a. Fruit simple, that is derived from a flower with a single ovary. -- go to 32b. Fruit derived from a single flower with many ovaries. – Aggregate Fruit(raspberry, magnolia). Note: If not all of the ovaries are pollinated and fertilized, the fur it will be misshapen.2c. Fruit develops form multiple separate flowers in an inflorescence, the fruits coalesce together to form a single “fruit” at maturity. – Multiple Fruit (mulberry, pineapple, beet seed) |
4b. Fruits develops from the ovary plus other flower parts (accessory fruits). -- go to 5 |
7b. Fruit without wings. – go to 8 |
8b. Fruit without hard shell. – go to 9 |
10b. Fruit splitting lengthwise along the edge. – go to 11 |
11b. Fruits not leaving a central partition. – go to 12 |
12c. Fruit formed from two or more carpels that split at maturity to yield one-seeded halves. – Schizocarp (carrots, dill, parsley, hollyhock) |