FRUIT a fully developed and ripened ovary containing seeds

FRUIT: A fully developed and ripened ovary containing seedsGOAL: Seed Dispersal*Ovary tissue stores carbohydrates & water *Pigment may change over time... Fleshy FruitsFleshy fruits are

FRUITS

FRUIT: A fully developed and ripened ovary containing seedsGOAL: Seed Dispersal

*Ovary tissue stores

carbohydrates & water

*Pigment may change over time

I TWO TYPES OF FRUITA.FLESHY

B DRY

II Fleshy Fruits

Fleshy fruits are those that are soft, juicy or

meaty

Types of Fleshy Fruits:

A BERRY: 1 or more seeds,

thin skin, can be peeled off

Ex Blueberry, cranberry, grapes, eggplant, peppers, tomato

NOTE: Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry are NOT true

berries!!!!

They originate from more than 1 pistil

B PEPO: a berry with a hard rind that can’t be peeled off

Ex Pumpkin, squash, cantaloupe, melon, cucumber, gourds

C Hesperidium: berry with a leathery skin, containing oils and

rind

Ex Orange, tangerine, lime,

lemon

D POME: (False Fruit)Fleshy part is from the receptacle; true

ovary is the core

Ex Apple and Pear

E DRUPE: single seed enclosed

in a hard pit

Ex Peach, apricot, plum,

cherry

III.Aggregate Fruits

• Formed from a single

flower with more than

one ovary

• Strawberry, raspberry,

blackberry

Strawberry: Aggregate

IV.Multiple Fruits

• Forms from a cluster of flowers

• Ovaries fuse together to form 1 fruit

• Pineapple, osage orange, mulberry

V DRY FRUITS

• Wall of mature ovary is dry

• Fruit is without soft flesh

• Classified according to whether they split open when ripe

A Dehiscent Fruits

• Split open when ripe

• 1 Follicle: milkweed

• 2 Legume: beans and peas

• 3 Capsule: poppies, snapdragon, lillies

B Indehiscent Fruits

• Dry fruits that DO NOT split

open when ripe

1 Achene: sunflower,dandelion

Indehiscent Fruits Cont.

• 2 Samara: maple, ash (winged fruits)

• 3 Grain: wheat, corn, barley, rye

Indehiscent Cont.

• 4 Nut: acorn, hazelnut, hickory

• Many nuts are not nuts!!!

• Peanut=legume

• Walnut, pecan, coconut, almond=drupes

Review…Use your notes to identify the following fruits.