Question

Write a note on various types of fruits.

Answer 1

Fruits are divided into -simple, aggregate and multiple or compound fruit.

Simple fruits:-
Dehiscent fruit- Dry, many-seeded and open at maturity.
Indehiscent fruit- do not burst on maturity.
Schizocarpic fruit- resembles both dehiscent and indehiscent fruit.
Drupe-fleshy fruit formed from mono or polycarpellary superior ovary.

Eg- mango and coconut.
Aggregate fruit-formed from polycarpellary, apocarpous ovary.

Eg- custard apple.
Multiple or compound fruit-develops from the entire inflorescence.

Eg- pineapple and banyan.