Compound fruit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Template:Short descriptionPage Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2025) |
The term compound fruit is not used in technical botanical writing, but is sometimes used when it is not clear which of several fruit types is involved. A compound fruit is "composed of two or more similar parts".[1]
A compound fruit may be:
- An aggregate fruit, in which one flower contains several separate ovaries, which merge during development.
- A multiple fruit, in which several flowers, each with an ovary, develop into small fruits that are clustered or fused together into a larger fruit.
- A simple fruit formed from a compound ovary.
-
A raspberry is an aggregate fruit (shown with a raspberry beetle larva) -
A pineapple is a multiple fruit -
A tomato is a simple fruit derived from a compound ovary
Grapes grow in clusters, but are not compound fruits. Each grape is grown from one ovary in one flower, and each grape remains an independent fruit.
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Template:Asbox
