Fruits and seeds

FRUITS AND SEEDS

Fruits

• Part of sexual reproduction unique to angiosperms
• Develops from fertilized ovary
• Protect the enclosed seeds and aids in seed dispersal
• Widely utilized as a significant food source

Fruit wall or Pericarp

• Develops from the ovary wall
• Composed of three layers
• outer exocarp
• middle mesocarp
• inner endocarp
• Appearance of these three layers varies among different fruit types

Fruit Types I: Simple Fruits

• Derived from the ovary of a single carpel or several fused carpels
• Can be fleshy or dry

Type I.a: Simple fleshy fruit

• Derived from the ovary of a single carpel or several fused carpels
• Often soft and juicy
• Seed dispersal occurs when an animal eats the fruit
• Types of simple fleshy fruits
• BERRY -HESPERIDIUM -PEPO
• DRUPE -POME