SIMPLE FRUITSo Develops from a single ovary containing one

or more carpelso Fruits formed from 1 pistilo They may be either true or accessory fruitso Fleshy or dry

o A fruit formed by the development of a number of pistils from the same flower. The individual units may be berries or other specific types.

AGGREGATE FRUIT

MULTIPLE FRUITo A fruit formed by the development of a number of pistils often with accessory parts, the pistils being from a number of flowers.

A fruit in which the wall becomes soft and fleshy as it matures.

DRUPE

BERRY

POME

A ONE-SEEDED SIMPLE FRUIT DEVELOPED FROM A SUPERIOR OVARY

• THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE WALL (ENDOCARP) BECOMES HARD AND STONY,• THE OUTERMOST PART (EXOCARP) BECOMES RELATIVELY THIN SKIN,• THE MIDDLE PORTION BETWEEN THE SKIN AND STONE (MESOCARP) BECOMES EITHER FLESHY OR FIBROUS. (CHERRY)

DRUPE>>>PEACH-DRUPE>>>PEACH-DRUPE

DRUPE>>>PLUM-DRUPE

DRUPE>>>COCONUT-DRUPE>>>COCONUT-DRUPE

A SIMPLE FRUIT IN WHICH THE OVARY WALL OR AT LEAST ITS INNER

PORTIONS BECOME ENLARGED AND USUALLY JUICY

TWO SPECIAL TYPES OF BERRIES:

• HESPERIDIUM

•PEPO

BERRY>>>GRAPE-BERRY>>>GRAPE-BERRY

BERRY>>>TOMATO-BERRY>>>TOMATO-BERRY

HESPERIDIUM THIS IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF BERRY IN WHICH A LEATHERY RIND FORMS

THE INTERIOR OF THE FRUIT DIVIDED BY SEPTA, INDICATING THE NUMBER OF CARPELS

HESPERIDIUM>>>ORANGE-HESPERIDIUM>>>ORANGE

HESPERIDIUM>>>LEMON-HESPERIDIUM>>>LEMON

PEPO BERRY WITH A RELATIVELY HARD RIND

(WATERMELON, GOURDS, SQUASH)

PEPO>>>PUMPKIN-PEPO>>>PUMPKIN-PEPO

PEPO>>>CUCUMBER-PEPO>>>CUCUMBER-PEPO

AN ACCESSORY FLESHY FRUIT FORMED BY A GROUP OF CARPELS MORE OR

LESS FIRMLY UNITED WITH EACH OTHER AND SURROUNDED BY AND

UNITED TO THE FLORAL TUBE OR RECEPTACLE

CONSISTS OF TISSUE DERIVED FROM THE OVARY AND FROM THE PERIANTH

A POME IS AN ACCESSORY FRUIT COMPOSED OF FIVE

OR MORE CARPELS IN WHICH THE EXOCARP

FORMS AN INCONSPICUOUS LAYER

-POME>>>APPLE-POME

Fruits in which the coat becomes dry at maturity.

DEHISCENT FRUITS

INDEHISCENT FRUITS

DRY FRUITS WHICH AT MATURITY OPEN BY DEFINITE NATURAL BEANS TO SHED THE CONTAINED SEEDS

TYPES OF DEHISCENT FRUITS:

• LEGUME- A DRY DEHISCENT FRUIT DEVELOPED FROM 1 CARPEL AND AT MATURITY SPLITTING ALONG BOTH THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL SUTURES.• FOLLICLE- A DRY DEHISCENT FRUIT DEVELOPED FROM 1 CARPEL AND AT MATURITY SPLITTING ALONG ONLY ONE SUTURE.• CAPSULE- A DRY DEHISCENCENT FRUIT DEVELOPED FROM SEVERAL CARPELS.

LEGUME

LEGUME>>>PEA-LEGUME

LEGUME>>>PEANUT-LEGUME>>>PEANUT-LEGUME

FOLLICLE

FOLLICLE>>>COLUMBINE-FOLLICLE>>>COLUMBINE

FOLLICLE>>>MILKWEED-FOLLICLE>>>MILKWEED

CAPSULE

-CAPSULE>>>LILY-CAPSULE

LOCULICIDAL ONE WHICH SPLITS ALONG THE OUTER MEDIAN LINE

(LILIES)

LOCULICIDAL>>>YUCCA-LOCULICIDAL>>>YUCCA

LOCULICIDAL>>>DATURA-LOCULICIDAL>>>DATURA

PORICIDAL

ONE WHICH OPENS WITH ROUND HOLES

PORICIDAL>>>PAPAVER-PORICIDAL>>>PAPAVER

DENTICIDAL IN A DENTICIDAL CAPSULE, SMALL TEETH AT THE TOP OF THE FRUIT SPLIT OPEN TO RELEASE THE SEEDS

DENTICIDAL>>>AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO-DENTICIDAL>>>AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO

SEPTICIDAL ONE WHICH SPLITS ALONG THE SEPTA AND OPENS AT TOP

SEPTICIDAL>>>ARISTOLOCHIA-SEPTICIDAL>>>ARISTOLOCHIA-SEPTICIDAL>>> ARISTOLOCHIA

SILIQUE A SPECIAL LONG SLENDER CAPSULE OF 2 CARPELS.

SILIQUE>>>BRASSICACEAE-SILIQUE>>>BRASSICACEA-SILIQUE>>> BRASSICACEAE

SILICLE A SPECIAL SHORT BROAD CAPSULE OF 2 CARPELS.

-SILICLE>>>PENNYGRASS-SILICLE>>> PENNYGRASS

PYXIS A CAPSULE WHICH HAS CIRCUMSCISSLE DEHISCENCE.

PYXIS>>>PLANTAIN-PYXIS>>> PLANTAIN-PYXIS

DRY FRUITS WHICH DO NOT OPEN WHEN MATURE TO SHED THEIR SEEDS

TYPES OF INDEHISCENT FRUITS:

• ACHENE

• NUT

• SAMARA

• GRAIN

• SCHIZOCARP

ACHENE

ACHENE>>>SUNFLOWER-ACHENE>>> SUNFLOWER

ACHENE>>>DANDELION-ACHENE>>> DANDELION

NUT

NUT>>>BUR OAK-NUT>>> BUR OAK-NUT

NUT>>> ACORN-NUT

NUT>>>CHESTNUT-NUT>>> CHESTNUT-NUT

SAMARA

SAMARA>>>MAPLE-SAMARA>>> MAPLE-SAMARA

SAMARA>>> ASH-SAMARA

GRAIN

GRAIN>>>WHEAT & CORN-GRAIN>>>WHEAT & CORN-GRAIN>>> WHEAT & CORN

SCHIZOCARP

SCHIZOCARP>>>SCHIZOCARP>>>SCHIZOCARP>>> SCHIZOCARP

A cluster or aggregation of many ripened ovaries (fruits)

produced from a single flower

A cluster of many ripened ovaries

(fruits) produced by the coalescence of

many flowers crowded together in

the same inflorescence,

typically surrounding a fleshy stem axis.