Types of Fruits

Fleshy fruit with a stony seed/pit

• Drupe

• Pepo

• Pome

• Hespiridium

Fleshy fruit, seeds can be eaten with. Ex)Tomato, grapes, peppers

• Drupe

• Pepo

• Berry

• Aggregate

Leather-like exocarp with oils, mesocarp has a white layer, endocarp can be broken into segments.

• Multiple Fruit

• Achene

• Hesperidium

• Pome

Exocarp is a thick rind (no oils), fleshy meso & endocarp. Seed quantity can vary, could be eaten with the fruit.

• Pepo

• Pome

• Drupe

• Aggregate

Fleshy fruit, has a core. Examples: apples, pears

• Pepo

• Pome

• Multiple Fruit

• Achene

All layers are fleshy, exocarp could be tough. Ex) raspberries and blackberries

• Multiple Fruit

• Drupe

• Aggregate

• Pepo

Multiple flowers, many flowers on a 1 stalk, form 1 fruit

• Multiple Fruit

• Achene

• Aggregate

• Pome

• Aggregate

• Drupe

• Berry

• Pome

• Drupe

• Achene

• Hesperidium

• Multiple Fruit

• Pome

• Hesperidium

• Multiple Fruit

• Pepo