Difference between berry and fruit
Food, Fruits | Kim Lean | November 9, 2009 at 8:33 pmFirst, there are common types of fruit :
- Berry – simple fruit and seeds created from a single ovary (Ex. Grape)
- Pepo – Berries where the skin is hardened, like cucurbits
- Hesperidium – Berries with a rind, like most citrus fruit
- Epigynous berries(false berries) – Epigynous fruit made from a part of the plant other than a single ovary (Ex. Banana, watermelon, blueberry)
- Compound fruit, which includes:
- Aggregate fruit – multiple fruits with seeds from different ovaries of a single flower (Ex. raspberry)
- Multiple fruit – fruits of separate flowers, packed closely together(Ex. pineapple)
- Other accessory fruit – where the edible part is not generated by the ovary(Ex. Strawberry)
Reference: wikipedia.org
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