FRUIT. FRUIT FUNCTION FRUIT ORIGIN (I): OVARY

FRUIT

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

Drupe Schizocarp

Berry

Legume

GrainNutlet

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

ExocarpEndocarp

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

SEEDPERICARP

PERICARPPERICARP

PERICARP

B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: GRAIN(Pericarp Fused to Seed at All Points)

Walnut Acorn

B) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUITS: NUT(Like a Large Achene with a Husk)

Milkweed

C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHIMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: FOLLICLE

(1 Carpel, Splits on One Side)

C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHIMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: FOLLICLE

(1 Carpel, Splits on One Side)

Larkspur

Peanut

C) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHIMMEDIATE 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 WITHIMMEDIATE SEED RELEASE: CAPSULE(>= 2 Fused Carpels, Usually with Chambers)

C) CAPSULE DEHISCENCE

C) CAPSULE DEHISCENCE

Poricidal Capsule

Denticidal CapsuleCircumscissile Capsule

D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP

(Separate Pieces are the Mericarps)

Hollyhock, Globe Mallow, etc.

(Splits Between the Carpels)

Maple

D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP

(Separate Pieces are the Mericarps)

(Splits Between the Carpels)

Carrot Family

D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP

(Separate Pieces are the Mericarps)

(Splits Between the Carpels)

D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED SEED RELEASE: SCHIZOCARP

(Separate Pieces are the Mericarps)

Geranium

Borage, Mint and Vervain Families

D) DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED SEED RELEASE: NUTLETS

(Splits Between and Through the Carpels)

Schizocarp(Splits Between Carpels)

Nutlet(Splits Between and Through Carpels)

DRY, DEHISCENT FRUIT WITHDELAYED 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)