FRUIT
FRUIT FUNCTION
FRUIT ORIGIN (I): OVARY
FRUIT ORIGIN (II): OVARY + HYPANTHIUM
FRUIT ORIGIN (III): OVARY + HYPANTHIUM + BRACTS
Fruit Contents
Banana: Fruit Contents?
Banana: Fruit Contents
FRUIT TERMINOLOGY Achene Capsule DrupeSchizocarp Berry Legume Grain Nutlet Nut
A) Fleshy B) Dry, Indehiscent C) Dry, Dehiscent, Immediate Seed Release D) Dry, Dehiscent, Delayed Seed Release FRUIT CATEGORIES
FLESHY FRUITS: PERICARP
REGIONS OF THE PERICARP Exocarp Endocarp Mesocarp
A) FLESHY FRUITS: BERRY (Fleshy Throughout)
A) FLESHY FRUITS: BERRY (Special Berries) Hesperidium Pepo Pome
A) FLESHY FRUIT: DRUPE (Stony Endocarp)
A) FLESHY FRUIT: DRUPE (Stony Endocarp)
B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: ACHENE (Seed Attaches to Pericarp at a Single Point)
Seed Pericarp B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: ACHENE (Seed Attaches to Pericarp at a Single Point)
B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: ACHENE
B) SPECIAL ACHENES: CYPSELA (Achene with a Parachute)
B) SPECIAL ACHENES: UTRICLE (Loose Bladdery Pericarp)
Tree-of-Heaven Ash Elm B) SPECIAL ACHENES: SAMARA (Winged Achene)
B) SPECIAL ACHENES: SAMARA (Winged Achene) **Maple
CORN B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: GRAIN (= Caryopsis) Oat Wheat Rice
SEED PERICARP B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: GRAIN (Pericarp Fused to Seed at All Points)
WalnutAcorn B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: NUT (Like a Large Achene with a Husk)
Milkweed C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH IMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: FOLLICLE (1 Carpel, Splits on One Side)
C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH IMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: FOLLICLE (1 Carpel, Splits on One Side) Larkspur
Peanut C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH IMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: LEGUME (1 Carpel, Splits on Two Side) Snap Pea Green Bean
Desmodium (Tick-Trefoil, Beggar’s Lice) C) SPECIAL LEGUME: Loment
Iris C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH IMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: CAPSULE (>= 2 Fused Carpels, Usually with Chambers)
C) CAPSULE DEHISCENCE
Poricidal Capsule Denticidal Capsule Circumscissile Capsule
D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP (Separate Pieces are the Mericarps) Hollyhock, Globe Mallow, etc. (Splits Between the Carpels)
Maple D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP (Separate Pieces are the Mericarps) (Splits Between the Carpels)
Carrot Family D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP (Separate Pieces are the Mericarps) (Splits Between the Carpels)
D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP (Separate Pieces are the Mericarps) Geranium
Borage, Mint and Vervain Families D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE: NUTLETS (Splits Between and Through the Carpels)
Schizocarp (Splits Between Carpels) Nutlet (Splits Between and Through Carpels) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITH DELAYED SEED RELEASE
AGGREGATES AND MULTIPLES
AGGREGATE OF ACHENES (Origin: A Flower)
AGGREGATE OF DRUPES (Origin: A Flower)
AGGREGATE OF ACHENES (Origin: A Flower)
MULTIPLE OF BERRIES (Origin: Many Flowers)
MULTIPLE OF GRAINS (Origin: Many Flowers)
MULTIPLE OF ACHENES (Origin: Many Flowers)
MULTIPLE OF BERRIES (Origin: Many Flowers)