Biology: Fruits and their Edible Parts

Biology: Fruits and their Edible Parts

 

Structure of the Fruits

• The layer, usually, surrounding the seeds, is known as ‘pericarp.’
• Formed of ovary, pericarp is the edible part of fruit.
• The pericarp further classified as epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.

 

Seedless Fruits

• Some fruits are seedless (such as banana), which have pretty high commercial importance.
• some fruits are scientifically developed seedless such as pineapples, grapes, etc.

 

Types of Fruits

Based on the fertilization of the flowers, fruit is classified as −

• True Fruits − When the fruit forms in the ovary (of the flower) through fertilization is known as true fruit. E.g., strawberry.
• False Fruits − The fruits formed some other means (other than ovary), such as calyx, thalamus, corolla, etc. known as false fruits. E.g., pear, apple, etc.

 

 

Fruits	Edible Parts	Fruits	Edible Parts
Apple	Thalamus	Jack fruit	Sepals
Banana	Mesocarp	Lemon	Juicy pore
Coconut	Endosperm	Litchi	Pulpy aerial
Coriander	Thalamus	Mango	Mesocarp
Chinese date	Epicarp & Mesocarp	Mulberry	Bract, sepals
Custard apple	Pericarp	Orange	Juicy hair
Guava	Pericarp	Pear	Thalamus
Grape	Pericarp	Papaya	Pericarp
Ground nut	Seed leaves	Wood apple	Mesocarp
Tomato	Pericarp