TYPES

OF
FRUITS
SIMPLE FRUITS

- Fruits coming from a single carpel.

Can be classified as either:

a. Fleshy Fruits

 Drupes – A drupe is a fleshy fruit that has one seed surrounded by a bony endocarp, or
the inner wall of the pericarp, which is sweet and juicy. Drupe fruit varieties include
plums, peaches and olives — basically all pitted fruit.
 Berries – Berries on the other hand have several seeds with a fleshy pericarp. These
include tomatoes, eggplants and grapes.
 Pomes – A pome has many seeds with fleshy tissue surrounding the pericarp that is
sweet and juicy. Pomes include apples and pears.
 Hesperidia– have a leathery rind. Hesperidium includes citrus fruits like lemons and
oranges.
 pepo fruits include cucumbers, cantaloupes and squash.

Read more at Gardening Know How: Understanding Different Fruit Types

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/fegen/different-fruit-types.htm

b. Dry Fruits

 Indehiscent - does not split open when ripe like sunflowers and other grains
 Dehiscent - splits open when ripe like peas and peanuts

AGGREGATE FRUITS

- results from the joining together of several ovaries of the same flower. Like strawberry

MULTIPLE FRUITS

- are fruits that grow from more than one flower like Pineapple