A report on Drupe
Indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pit, stone, or pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.
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Fruit
15 linksSeed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
As the ovules develop into seeds, the ovary begins to ripen and the ovary wall, the pericarp, may become fleshy (as in berries or drupes), or it may form a hard outer covering (as in nuts).
Fruit anatomy
9 linksPlant anatomy of the internal structure of fruit.
Plant anatomy of the internal structure of fruit.
The types of fleshy fruits are berries, pomes, and drupes.
Seed
8 linksEmbryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve.
Embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve.
Different groups of plants have other modifications, the so-called stone fruits (such as the peach) have a hardened fruit layer (the endocarp) fused to and surrounding the actual seed.
Berry (botany)
5 linksIn botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.
Nut (fruit)
9 linksFruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.
Fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.
Also widely known as nuts are dry drupes, which include pecans (Carya illinoensis), almonds (Prunus amygdalus), macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus), water caltrop (Trapa bicornis) and walnuts (Juglans regia).
Pyrena
2 linksA pyrena or pyrene (commonly called a "pit" or "stone") is the fruitstone within a drupe or drupelet produced by the ossification of the endocarp or lining of the fruit.
Prunus
4 linksGenus of trees and shrubs, which includes the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Prunus fruit are drupes, or stone fruits.
Peach
4 linksDeciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.
Deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.
Peaches, along with cherries, plums, and apricots, are stone fruits (drupes).
Ovary (botany)
5 linksOvary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.
Ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.
Further complicating this, culinary nuts are not always botanical nuts; some culinary nuts such as the coconut and almond are another type of fruit called a drupe.
Raspberry
3 linksEdible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus.
Edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus.
An individual raspberry weighs 3 –, and is made up of around 100 drupelets, each of which consists of a juicy pulp and a single central seed.