● The fruit is a characteristic feature of the flowering plants.
● It is a `color{Violet}"mature or ripened ovary"`, developed after fertilisation.
● If a fruit is formed `color{Violet}"without fertilisation"` of the ovary, it is called a `color{Violet}"parthenocarpic fruit"`.
● `color{Brown}"Parts"`:
`star` Generally, the fruit consists of a wall or `color{Violet}"pericarp"` and seeds.
`star` The pericarp may be `color{Violet}"dry or fleshy"`.
`star` When pericarp is thick and fleshy, it is differentiated into the `color{Violet}"outer epicarp"`, the `color{Violet}"middle mesocarp"` and the `color{Violet}"inner endocarp"`.
● In mango and coconut, the fruit is known as a `color{Violet}"drupe"`.
● They develop from `color{Violet}"monocarpellary superior ovaries"` and are one seeded.
● E.g.: In mango the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer `color{Violet}"thin epicarp"`, a middle `color{Violet}"fleshy edible mesocarp"` and an inner `color{Violet}"stony hard endocarp"`.
● E.g.: In coconut, the `color{Violet}"mesocarp is fibrous"`.
● The fruit is a characteristic feature of the flowering plants.
● It is a `color{Violet}"mature or ripened ovary"`, developed after fertilisation.
● If a fruit is formed `color{Violet}"without fertilisation"` of the ovary, it is called a `color{Violet}"parthenocarpic fruit"`.
● `color{Brown}"Parts"`:
`star` Generally, the fruit consists of a wall or `color{Violet}"pericarp"` and seeds.
`star` The pericarp may be `color{Violet}"dry or fleshy"`.
`star` When pericarp is thick and fleshy, it is differentiated into the `color{Violet}"outer epicarp"`, the `color{Violet}"middle mesocarp"` and the `color{Violet}"inner endocarp"`.
● In mango and coconut, the fruit is known as a `color{Violet}"drupe"`.
● They develop from `color{Violet}"monocarpellary superior ovaries"` and are one seeded.
● E.g.: In mango the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer `color{Violet}"thin epicarp"`, a middle `color{Violet}"fleshy edible mesocarp"` and an inner `color{Violet}"stony hard endocarp"`.
● E.g.: In coconut, the `color{Violet}"mesocarp is fibrous"`.