FRUITS FRUIT: A fully developed and ripened ovary containing seeds GOAL: Seed Dispersal *Ovary tissue stores carbohydrates & water *Pigment may change over time I TWO TYPES OF FRUIT A.FLESHY B DRY II Fleshy Fruits Fleshy fruits are those that are soft, juicy or meaty Types of Fleshy Fruits: Berry Pepo Hesperidium Pome Drupe A BERRY: or more seeds, thin skin, can be peeled off Ex Blueberry, cranberry, grapes, eggplant, peppers, tomato NOTE: Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry are NOT true berries!!!! They originate from more than pistil B PEPO: a berry with a hard rind that can’t be peeled off Ex Pumpkin, squash, cantaloupe, melon, cucumber, gourds C Hesperidium: berry with a leathery skin, containing oils and rind Ex Orange, tangerine, lime, lemon A Dehiscent Fruits • Split open when ripe • Follicle: milkweed • Legume: beans and peas • Capsule: poppies, snapdragon, lillies B Indehiscent Fruits • Dry fruits that DO NOT split open when ripe Achene: sunflower,dandelion Indehiscent Fruits Cont • Samara: maple, ash (winged fruits) • Grain: wheat, corn, barley, rye Indehiscent Cont • Nut: acorn, hazelnut, hickory • Many nuts are not nuts!!! • Peanut=legume • Walnut, pecan, coconut, almond=drupes Review…Use your notes to identify the following fruits [...]... (False Fruit) Fleshy part is from the receptacle; true ovary is the core Ex Apple and Pear E DRUPE: single seed enclosed in a hard pit Ex Peach, apricot, plum, cherry III.Aggregate Fruits • Formed from a single flower with more than one ovary • Strawberry, raspberry, blackberry Strawberry: Aggregate IV.Multiple Fruits • Forms from a cluster of flowers • Ovaries fuse together to form 1 fruit • Pineapple,... osage orange, mulberry V DRY FRUITS • Wall of mature ovary is dry • Fruit is without soft flesh • Classified according to whether they split open when ripe A Dehiscent Fruits • Split open when ripe • 1 Follicle: milkweed • 2 Legume: beans and peas • 3 Capsule: poppies, snapdragon, lillies B Indehiscent Fruits • Dry fruits that DO NOT split open when ripe 1 Achene: sunflower,dandelion Indehiscent Fruits... open when ripe 1 Achene: sunflower,dandelion Indehiscent Fruits Cont • 2 Samara: maple, ash (winged fruits) • 3 Grain: wheat, corn, barley, rye Indehiscent Cont • 4 Nut: acorn, hazelnut, hickory • Many nuts are not nuts!!! • Peanut=legume • Walnut, pecan, coconut, almond=drupes Review…Use your notes to identify the following fruits ...FRUITS FRUIT: A fully developed and ripened ovary containing seeds GOAL: Seed Dispersal *Ovary tissue stores carbohydrates & water *Pigment may change over time I TWO TYPES OF FRUIT A. FLESHY... beans and peas • Capsule: poppies, snapdragon, lillies B Indehiscent Fruits • Dry fruits that DO NOT split open when ripe Achene: sunflower,dandelion Indehiscent Fruits Cont • Samara: maple, ash... receptacle; true ovary is the core Ex Apple and Pear E DRUPE: single seed enclosed in a hard pit Ex Peach, apricot, plum, cherry III.Aggregate Fruits • Formed from a single flower with more than