Type of fruit
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".
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/fused together into a larger fruit.
- A simple fruit formed from a compound ovary.
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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※
- ^ Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
