BIO353H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Drupe, Hesperidium, Accessory Fruit
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Simple fruit: made from single or compound ovary with one pistil. Dry dehiscent (opens up and bursts with seeds) Berries: remember that true berries only develop from true (superior) ovaries. Drupes: stonefruit like plums indehiscent (stays closed) like a hazelnut. Pepos- modified epigynous berries (developed from inferior ovaries) like pumpkins. Pomes accessory fruits, not all of the tissue is from the ovary; examples are apples and pears. Also, strawberries aren"t real fruit either, the yellow seeds are. Aggregate fruit: 1 flower with many merged ovaries. Raspberries are aggregates of drupes, blackberries are aggregates of accessory fruit. Multiple fruit: many flowers that merge to form one fruit.
