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SUCCULENT FRUITS
BERRY AGGREGATE FRUIT Pedicel
Cape gooseberry Calyx Raspberry (flower
(Physalis peruviana) Calyx (whorl of sepals) (Rubus idaeus) stalk) Pit (seed
(whorl surrounding berry Remains Mesocarp
of sepals) of stamen and surrounded
exocarp by endocarp)
Drupelet

Remains
of style

Exocarp
of berry
Pedicel Pedicel Receptacle Drupelet
(flower (flower
stalk) stalk)

EXTERNAL VIEW INTERNAL VIEW EXTERNAL VIEW LONGITUDINAL SECTION
OF FRUIT OF FRUIT OF FRUIT THROUGH FRUIT

Hard
Seed endocarp
Testa Cotyledon
(seed coat) Hard Pit (seed leaf)
Placenta endocarp
Seed
Pericarp Testa
(seed
coat)
CROSS-SECTION EXTERNAL EXTERNAL VIEW AND
THROUGH FRUIT VIEW OF SEED SECTION THROUGH PIT

POME (A TYPE OF FALSE FRUIT) PEPO (A TYPE OF BERRY)
Apple Charentais melon
(Malus sylvestris) (Cucumis melo) Rind
Pedicel (flower (fused receptacle
stalk)
Seed Mesocarp Pedicel and exocarp)
and exocarp (flower stalk)
Swollen
receptacle Seed

Waxy skin Endocarp Vascular
strand
EXTERNAL CROSS-SECTION Rind
VIEW OF FRUIT THROUGH FRUIT (fused receptacle Mesocarp
and exocarp) and
Hilum (point endocarp
of attachment EXTERNAL VIEW CROSS-SECTION
to ovary) Embryo OF FRUIT THROUGH FRUIT
Embryo
Testa
(seed coat) Testa
Cotyledon (seed coat) Testa
(seed leaf) (seed coat)
Cotyledon
Testa (seed leaf)
(seed coat)
EXTERNAL VIEW AND EXTERNAL VIEW AND
SECTION THROUGH SEED SECTION THROUGH SEED
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