Fruit morphology

botanical term for the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. For foods commonly known as fruit, use Q3314483

in botany, type of dry indehiscent fruit

thumb|upright=0.9|A selection of dried pulses and fresh legumes

botanical fruit with fleshy pericarp, containing one or many seeds

250px|thumb|Diagram of a typical drupe (peach), showing both [[fruit and seed]] right|thumb|300px|The development sequence of a typical drupe, a smooth-skinned (Peach#Nectarines|nectarine) type of peach (Prunus persica) over a -month period, from bud formation in early winter to fruit ripening in midsummer

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thumb|Rosa hypanthium encircling separate achene fruits An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seed that nearly fills the pericarp, but does not adhere to it. In many species, what is called the "seed" is an achene, a fruit containing the seed. The seed-like appearance is owed to the hardening of the fruit wall (pericarp), which encloses the solitary

type of simple, dry rarely fleshy, dehiscent fruit

accessory fruit of the Rosa plant genus

thumb|An assortment of different caryopses. thumb|Wheat spikelet with the three anthers sticking out.|right thumb|Caryopsis cross-section.|right In botany, a caryopsis () is a type of simple fruit—one that is monocarpellate (formed from a single carpel) and indehiscent (not opening at maturity) and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat.

thumb|Siliquae of Cardamine impatiens

thumb|right|Anatomy of apple pome compared to a pea pod. Botanically, a fruit is derived from a [[carpel; apples normally have five carpels, while a pea pod is a single carpel. The flesh of the apple is derived from the swollen receptacle that surrounds the carpels.]]

type of non-opening dry fruit with a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue

dehiscing by a suture in order to release seeds

botanical category of fruit

thumb|The indehiscent (remaining closed) schizocarps of the parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), like that of the carrot, will split into two parts thumb|The indehiscent schizocarp of Malva_moschata|musk mallow (Malva moschata) will later split into segments called mericarps

thumb|upright=1.35|Structure of a Citrus hesperidium

parts of accessory fruit of certain plants

fruiting bodies formed from a cluster of fruiting flowers (inflorescence)

thumb|right|Cross-section of the syconium of a female creeping fig. The receptacle forms a hollow chamber, its inner wall (white) covered by a shell of [[rufous florets. Their long and curled, white styles occupy the centre. Each floret will produce a fruit and seed. The green, bract-lined ostiole, below, admits wasp pollinators.]]

thumb|Afzelia africana seeds bearing orange elaiosomes thumb|Trillium recurvatum seeds Elaiosomes ( élaion "oil" + sóma "body") are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species. The elaiosome is rich in lipids and proteins, and may be variously shaped. Many plants have elaiosomes that attract ants, which take the seed to their nest and feed the elaiosome to their larvae. After the larvae have consumed the elaiosome, the ants take the seed to their waste disposal area, which is rich in nutrients from the ant frass and dead bodies, where the seeds germinate. This type o

category of fruit

splitting at maturity along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia

type of fruit composed of two or more similar parts

In botany, infructescence (fruiting head) is defined as the ensemble of fruits derived from the ovaries of an inflorescence. It usually retains the size and structure of the inflorescence.

thumb|right|Pomegranate seeds have a red sarcotesta. thumb|right|Some cycads, such as this Macrozamia communis, produce seeds with a sarcotesta.

fruit of forest trees like acorns and other nuts

250px|thumb|Loments of Hedysarum hedysaroides A loment (or lomentum) is a part of certain legume plants. It is a type of dehiscent fruit that breaks apart at the constrictions occurring between segments, so that each segment contains only one seed. It is a type of schizocarp.

fruit modified to not contain seeds