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Pomes include any crunchy accessory fruit that surrounds the fruit's inedible "core" (composed of the plant's endocarp) and typically has its seeds arranged in a star-like pattern.
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 locule.
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 are a cluster of many fruits produced from a single flower.
Multiple fruits are a cluster of many fruits produced from multiple flowers.
Capsules represent a pod fruit with multiple carpels.
Legumes represent a pod fruit with one carpel.
Plants with edible fruit-like structures are not technically fruit, but are used culinarily as such.
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In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
that are considered edible either raw or in some cuisines. The word "fruit" is used in several different ways. The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, that is, "Any sweet, edible part of a plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae excl ...
that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary
The ovary is an organ in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm. There is an ovary () found on each side of the body. ...
; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, 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 whole plant – a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhi ...
." Many edible plant parts that are ''true fruits'' botanically speaking, are not considered culinary fruits. They are classified as vegetables in the culinary sense (for example: the tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
, zucchini, and so on), and hence they do not appear in 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. Even so, this list is otherwise organized botanically.
Pomes
Pomes include any crunchy accessory fruit that surrounds the fruit's inedible "core" (composed of the plant's endocarp) 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. Melons
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The ...
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 carpels.
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
*List of inedible fruits
The following is an incomplete list of fleshy fruits that may appear to be edible by humans, but are inedible. Some of them are poisonous, others are merely too unpalatable for consumption.
Inedible fruits
* Abacá, ''Musa textilis'' ( ...
* Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
* List of fruit dishes
* Fruit tree propagation
* Tropical agriculture
Worldwide more human beings gain their livelihood from agriculture than any other endeavor; the majority are self-employed subsistence farmers living in the tropics. While growing food for local consumption is the core of tropical agriculture, ...
* Tropical fruit
* List of culinary nuts
A culinary nut is a dry, edible fruit or seed that usually, but not always, has a high fat content. Nuts are used in a wide variety of edible roles, including in baking, as snacks (either roasted or raw), and as flavoring. In addition to b ...
* 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
This is a list of plants that have a culinary role as vegetables. "Vegetable" can be used in several senses, including culinary, botanical and legal. This list includes botanical fruits such as pumpkins, and does not include herbs, spices, cer ...
* List of culinary herbs and spices
* List of foods
References
External links
* * {{cite web, url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/index.html, title=Fruits of Warm Climates, publisher=Purdue UniversityRare Fruit Growers of California
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Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
Culinary fruits
Types of food
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