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Dry or fleshy simple fruit: follicle, capsule, achene, berry or drupe

Simple fruits derive from a single ovary made of one or many carpels.

Tuesday 2 November 2004

Fleshy fruit: berry or drupe

Fleshy fruits have high water content usually in mesocarp.

Fleshy fruit can be divided in berry or drupe according endocarp anatomy.

Tuesday 2 November 2004

Dry fruit: follicle, capsule or achene

Dry fruits have a low water content at maturity.

Dry fruits can be dehiscent with a seed release at maturity or indehiscent without any splitting at maturity.

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