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Characteristics and types of fleshy fruits
What are fleshy fruits?
Fleshy fruits are those that have a more or less soft pericarp. In other words, those that have enough “flesh” around the stone. Some examples of fleshy fruits we are the following:
Types of fleshy fruits
The main types of fleshy fruits are:
Berries
These are fruits with very soft epicarp and very fleshy mesocarp and endocarp. For example:
Hesperidium
They are fruits that present fleshy matter between the endocarp and the seeds. The carpels are closed.
Peponides
These are fruits from an inferior ovary with the outer part of the pericarp hardened. For example:
Drupes
They are fruits with a fleshy mesocarp and a hardened bone-shaped endocarp, within which the seed is found. For example:
Drupelets
They are fruits that combine several drupes at the same time. For example:
Pomes
They are fruits of fleshy mesocarp and coriaceous endocarp. They originate from an inferior ovary. For example:
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