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Anthophyta (angiosperms)-fruits

Flower and Flower parts; microsporogenesis, megasporogenesis, fruits

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Diagrams of different fruits: simple fleshy, simple hard, aggregate, multiple, pericarp, endocarp, mesocarp, exocarp, receptacle, calyx, stamens, stigma, style, pome, drupe, berry, druplets, achene.

left: achene (single seeded, hard fruit) of sunflower.
Right: capsule of poppy; how many carples can you see?

Berry (tomato): immature to immediate left showing sepals, hypogenous ovary, style, stigma; mature below.
Legume (pea pod):
far left: with corolla, sepals, hypgenous ovary.
one on right showing sepales, peduncle, hypogenous ovary, stigma, style.

Blackberry: an aggregate fruit (one flower, many simple, separate carpels; each carpel forms a drupe (often called a druplet) with the entire aggregate fruit sitting on the recepatcle.


		Diagrams of different fruits: simple fleshy, simple hard, aggregate, multiple, pericarp, endocarp, mesocarp, exocarp, receptacle, calyx, stamens, stigma, style, pome, drupe, berry, druplets, achene.
		left: achene (single seeded, hard fruit) of sunflower. Right: capsule of poppy; how many carples can you see?
		Berry (tomato): immature to immediate left showing sepals, hypogenous ovary, style, stigma; mature below. Legume (pea pod): far left: with corolla, sepals, hypgenous ovary. one on right showing sepales, peduncle, hypogenous ovary, stigma, style.
		Blackberry: an aggregate fruit (one flower, many simple, separate carpels; each carpel forms a drupe (often called a druplet) with the entire aggregate fruit sitting on the recepatcle.