Type of fruit

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1. Single fruit

2. Aggregation fruit

3. Juhuaguo

1. Single fruit: A fruit that develops from only one pistil in a flower is called a single fruit, which is divided into fleshy fruits and dry fruits. Among them, fleshy fruits are divided into berries, drupes, citrus fruits, pome fruits, and gourds, and dried fruits are divided into Dehiscent and undehiscent fruits. 2. Aggregate fruit: Several detached carpels and pistils in the flower gather together on the receptacle, and the developed fruit is called aggregate fruit. 3. Polyflora: The fruit developed from the entire inflorescence is polyflorum, and representative plants include figs, mulberries, and pineapples.

1. Single fruit

A fruit with only one pistil in a flower is called monocarp, which is divided into fleshy fruit and dry fruit.

1. Flesh fruits: Flesh fruits are divided into berries, drupes, citrus fruits, pome fruits, and gourds. Among them, berries are characterized by thin outer peel, mesocarp, and endocarp, both of which are fleshy. The fruit is full of juice, such as honeysuckle, grapes, etc.; stone fruits are characterized by thin exocarp, fleshy mesocarp, and hard endocarp, such as peaches, plums, etc.; citrus fruits are characterized by exocarp texture and loose mesocarp. , the endocarp membrane is divided into several chambers, which is a unique structure of Rutaceae plants.

2. Dried fruits: Dried fruits refer to fruits with dry peels after they are mature. Dried fruits are divided into cracked fruits and un-cracked fruits. The cracked fruits include pods, follicles, siliques and capsules, and the un-cracked fruits include ramoses and nuts. , samara, caryopsis, achenes, etc.

2. Aggregation fruit

Several detached carpels and pistils in the flower are gathered together on the receptacle, and the resulting fruit is called an aggregate fruit, which is a flower with multiple fruits. Poly fruits are divided into poly follicles, poly achenes, poly nuts, and poly drupes, among which the four plants represented respectively are star anise, strawberry, lotus, and rubus.

3. Juhuaguo

The fruit developed from the entire inflorescence is also called polyflorum, which has many flowers and fruits. Representative plants include figs, mulberries, and pineapples.

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