Types of Fruit
Pome - most of the fruit is formed from the receptacle (under the flower) eg pear, apple
Drupe - has fleshy fruit and a single seed with a hard endocarp eg peaches, coconut and olives
Berry - has many seeds eg tomatoes, peppers and cucumber but not strawberries!
Aggregate fruit - develop from one flower with many pistils eg strawberries.
Legumes - split along two sides eg beans, peas
Capsules - are dry fruit that have several carpels eg orchids
Nuts - have one seed and a hard pericarp eg acorns
Grains - have the fruit and seed joined closely together eg wheat, rice, barley.
Multiple fruits - come from several different flowers joined together eg pineapples.
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