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Pomes include any crunchy
Drupes represent any fruit that has only one seed (or "stone") or one hard capsule containing seeds.
Botanical berries represent any fruit that has a relatively thin exterior, with mostly flesh and more than one seed inside.
Pepos represent any fruit that is covered by a hard, thick rind with soft flesh inside, and seeds filling each
Also known as citruses, hesperidiums possess thick and leathery rinds. These fruits are generally sour and acidic to some extent and have a wagon wheel-like cross section.
Multiple fruits are a cluster of many fruits produced from multiple flowers.
Capsules represent a pod fruit with multiple
Plants with edible fruit-like structures are not technically fruit, but are used culinarily as such.
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fruits
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
that are considered edible either raw or cooked in various cuisines
A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs and ingredients combine to ena ...
. The word ''fruit'' is used in several different ways. The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary
The ovary () is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova; when released, an ovum travels through the fallopian tube/ oviduct into the uterus. There is an ovary on the left and the right side of the body. The ovaries are end ...
; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables
Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, ...
, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit, for example rhubarb
Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of ''Rheum'' in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows from short, thick rhizomes. ...
."
Many edible plant parts that are considered fruits in the botanical sense are culinarily classified as vegetables (for example: the tomato
The tomato (, ), ''Solanum lycopersicum'', is a plant whose fruit is an edible Berry (botany), berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originate ...
, zucchini
Zucchini (; : ''zucchini'' or ''zucchinis''), courgette () or ''Cucurbita pepo'' is a summer squash, a Vine, vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and Fruit anatomy#Epicarp, epicarp (rind) are still soft a ...
, and so on), and thus do not appear on this list. Similarly, some botanical fruits are classified as nuts (e.g. brazil nut
The Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds. It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest. ...
) and do not appear here either. This list is otherwise organized botanically.
Pomes
Pomes include any crunchy accessory fruit
An accessory fruit is a fruit that contains tissue derived from plant parts other than the Ovary (botany), ovary. In other words, the flesh of the fruit develops not from the floral ovary, but from some adjacent tissue exterior to the carpel (f ...
that surrounds the fruit's inedible "core" (composed of the plant's endocarp
Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. They are found in three main anatomical categories: aggregate fruits, multiple fruits, and simple fruits.
Fruitlike structures may develop directly from the seed itself rather th ...
) and typically has its seeds arranged in a star-like pattern.
Drupes
Drupes represent any fruit that has only one seed (or "stone") or one hard capsule containing seeds.
Botanical berries
Botanical berries represent any fruit that has a relatively thin exterior, with mostly flesh and more than one seed inside.
Pepos
Pepos represent any fruit that is covered by a hard, thick rind with soft flesh inside, and seeds filling each locule
A locule (: locules) or loculus (; : loculi) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus).
In angiosperms (flowering plants), the term ''locule'' usually refers to a chamber within an ovary ...
. Melons are good examples of this.
Hesperidiums
Also known as citruses, hesperidiums possess thick and leathery rinds. These fruits are generally sour and acidic to some extent and have a wagon wheel-like cross section.
Aggregate fruits
Aggregate fruits are a cluster of many fruits produced from a single flower.Multiple fruits
Multiple fruits are a cluster of many fruits produced from multiple flowers.
Capsules
Capsules represent a pod fruit with multiple carpel
Gynoecium (; ; : gynoecia) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more ...
s.
Legumes
Legumes represent a pod fruit with one carpel.Follicles
Follicles represent a single ovary that splits along a single seam.Plants with edible fruit-like structures
Plants with edible fruit-like structures are not technically fruit, but are used culinarily as such.
See also
*Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
* List of fruit dishes
* Fruit tree propagation
* Tropical agriculture
* Tropical fruit
There are many fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates or equatorial areas.
Tropical fruits
Varieties of tropical fruit include:
* Abiu
* Açaí
* Acerola (West Indian cherry; Barbados cherry)
* Achachairú (Bolivian mangosteen; ...
* List of culinary nuts
* List of edible seeds
An edible seed is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms, while ...
* List of vegetables
* List of culinary herbs and spices
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are Food additive, food or drink additives of botanical origin used in small, nutritionally insignificant, quantities for mainly Seasoning, flavoring, often garnish (food), garnis ...
* List of foods
Notes
References
External links
* *Rare Fruit Growers of California
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Directory of fruits in French {{Plant-based diets
Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
Culinary fruits
Types of food
Fruits, Culinary