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. Helps in the dissemination or dispersal of the seeds. Does not only apply to those that have edible portions, but also to those which are commonly referred to as vegetable.
Part of a Fruit
Exocarp Outermost layer of the fruit wall Endocarp Innermost layer
Classification of F
Dichotomous Key
1 Simple Fruits 2 Fleshy Fruits 3 Fleshy part derived from the ovary 4 Entire ovary fleshy, enclosing several seeds ... berry 5 Leathery rind hespiridium 5 Hard rind .. pepo 4 Outer part of ovary fleshy, inner part stony usually enclosing one seed . drupe 6 Mesocarp fleshy . fleshy drupe 6 Mesocarp fibrous fibrous drupe 3 Fleshy part derived mainly from the torus .. pome
peel/exocarp flavedo/epicarp albedo/mesocarp endocarp seed carpels sections with fluid-filled sacs called vesicles septum
Simple-Fleshy-Berry-Pepo
Derived from a fleshy ovary enclosing many seeds. Pepo has hard, thick rind.
Hespiridium Anatomy
Simple-Fleshy-Drupe-Fleshy
Fleshy mesocarp and ovary. Seed enclosed within a stony endocarp (pit).
Pepo Anatomy
endocarp
Simple-Fleshy-Drupe-Fibrous
Fibrous mesocarp and fleshy ovary. Seed enclosed within a stony endocarp (pit)
Simple-Fleshy-Pome
Fleshy part derived mainly from torus. Ovary surrounded by fleshy hypanthium.
Pome Anatomy
2 Dry Fruits 7 Dehiscent 8 Fruit derived from one carpel 9 Splitting along 1 seam (1 suture) ... 8 Fruit derived from 2 or more carpel 10 Carpels 2, persistent partition wall after splitting .. silique 10 Carpels 2 or more, splitting in one of four different ways capsule 11 Splitting along the locule ...loculicidal 11 Splitting along the septa septicidal 11 Splitting along the terminal pore ..poricidal 11 Splitting along a circular horizontal line ..circumscissile follicle 9 Splitting along 2 seams (2 sutures) ....... legume/pod
Simple-Dry-Dehiscent-Follicle
Dry fruit derived from one carpel splitting along one seam
Simple-Dry-Dehiscent-Silique
Dry fruit derived from two or more carpel with persistent partition wall after splitting
Derived from two or more carpel splitting in one Capsule or four ways
Loculicidal
(Splitting along the locule)
Simple-Dry-DehiscentSepticidal
Simple-Dry-DehiscentCapsule
Poricidal Circumscissile
(Splitting along the terminal pore) (Splitting along a circular horizontal line)
Opium (Papaver somniferum) Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) Calico Flower (Aristolochia littoralis)
7 Indehiscent Fruits 12 Seed inseparable from the fruit wall grain/caryopsis 12 Seed separable from the fruit wall 13 Fruit with wings .. samara/key 13 Fruit without wings 14 Fruit wall very hard, one seeded .. nut 14 Fruit wall thin, one seed attached to ovary wall at one point achene 12 Seeds not coming out of fruit although united carpels split apart at maturity . schizocarp
Simple-Dry-Indehiscent-Nut
Fruit without wings and with very hard fruit wall. Has only one seed.
Simple-Dry-IndehiscentSeed without wings and with thin fruit wall. One Achene
seed attached to ovary wall at one point.
1 Compound Fruits 15 Fruits from several ovaries of one flower massed on a common receptacle ..... aggregate 15 Fruit from several ovaries of several flowers of compact inflorescence . collective/multiple
Compound-Aggregate
Many ovaries derived from a single flower
Compound-Multiple/Collective
From several ovaries of several flowers of a compact inflorescence
Seed Dispersal
Plants often solicit the aid of animals, as well as abiotic forces such as wind, to accomplish both of these.
insects insects much less important for dispersal than pollination, but ants often involved in dispersal birds, mammals, reptiles, and even fish much more important for dispersal than pollination wind important in both pollination and dispersal water minor importance in pollination, somewhat greater in dispersal self dispersal just like some plants carry out self pollination, some plants have mechanisms for self dispersal.