Question

Differentiate between dry fruits and fleshy fruits.

Answer 1

Dry fruits: The fruits which do not have any water content or juices in their pericarp are the dry fruits.

Fleshy fruits: The fruits having water content or juice within their pericarp can be termed fleshy fruits.

Fleshy fruits	Dry fruits
1. The pericarp is soft and full of pulp.	1. The pericarp is hard and paper-like.
2. Pericarp has three different layers, i.e. epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.	2. The pericarp does not have different layers.
3. The seeds in such fruits are dispersed by animals as they eat the fruits and spread the seeds wherever they go.	3. The seed dispersal takes place via water or wind.