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MASTERJEE CLASSES

A true (or eucarp) is a ripened . It consists of a thin or thick pericarp formed from the wall of ovary and seeds formed from the ovules. A fruit in which MORPHOLOGY other floral parts (e.g., thalamus, base of sepals, petals, etc.), participate in its formation is called false fruit (or pseudocarp) e.g., apple and pear. The seeds CONCEPT within the have reserve food for nourishing the young seedlings till they OF FRUITS become nutritionally independent. · Some fruits are formed without fertilisation i.e., seedless fruits. They are called as parthenocarps (e.g., banana). Fruits are classified into three main categories – MAP AND SEEDS simple fruits, aggregate fruits and composite fruits.

Composite fruits Aggregate fruits A composite or develops from the whole Aggregate fruits are the groups of fruitlets which Simple . It is of two main types: sorosis and syconus. develop from the multicarpellary, apocarpous Sorosis : These fruits develop from spike, spadix or catkin ovaries. The individual carpel or pistil develops fruits inflorescence. Sorosis of pineapple develops from an into a fruitlet and these fruitlets occur as a Simple fruits develop from intercalary spike of sterile with persistent bracts. clustered unit on a single receptacle, which is monocarpellary ovary or Sorosis of mulberry develops from a female catkin. referred to as an or etaerio, e.g., multicarpellary syncarpous ovary. Syconus : It develops from hypanthodium inflorescence. etaerio of (Ranunculus, lotus), etaerio of Simple fruits may be dry (pericarp is Receptacle becomes fleshy and edible, many achenes follicles (Calotropis), etaerio of (Custard undifferentiated) or succulent develop from pistillate flowers, e.g., carica. apple), etaerio of (e.g., Rubus idaeus), etc. (pericarp is differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp). Dry fruits Dry fruits are of three types – Achenial (single seeded, indehiscent), capsular (many seeded, dehiscent) Etaerio Etaerio of berries and schizocarpic (many seeded, Sorosis of Syconus of of achenes in Custard Morus Fig in Lotus Apple after ripening divide into Seed single seeded Seed is a segments). ripened ovule which contains an embryo, adequate reserve food and a covering for protection against mechanical injury. A seed may have 1 or 2 coverings called seed coats. Outer is Succulent fruits testa and inner is called tegmen. Succulent fruits can be divided into three main types: , and . Seeds can be endospermic (i) Berry : In superior or true berry (derived from superior ovary) usually all the three and non- layers of fleshy pericarp are edible, e.g., grape, tomato. In inferior or false berry endospermic. (derived from inferior ovary) epicarp is fused with thalamus to form exocarp, e.g., banana (parthenocarpic), guava. There are some special berries also such as balausta (e.g., pomegranate), pepo (e.g., cucumber), and (e.g., ). (i) Endospermic or albuminous (ii) Non-endospermic or exalbuminous (ii) Drupe (or stone fruit) : In this fruit, epicarp forms the rind, mesocarp is fleshy seeds: Endosperm is present and seeds : The endosperm is consumed during and endocarp is hard and stony, e.g., almond, mango, Zizyphus, etc. food reserve remains in endosperm, seed development and the food is stored in (iii) Pome : It is a false fruit that develops from the fleshy thalamus of multicarpellary, e.g., most monocots and some dicots cotyledons, e.g., majority of dicot seeds (Cicer syncarpous, inferior ovary, e.g., apple, pear, etc. (Ricinus communis). arietinum) and in some monocot seeds.

Testa Tegmen Perisperm Cotyledon Endosperm

Testa Caruncle Inferior Berry Embryo Berry of Tomato Drupe of Mango Radicle Cotyledon Pome of Apple of Banana Axis Castor seed (L.S.) Gram seed (split open)

Achenial fruits (Indehiscent fruit) Capsular fruits (Dehiscent fruit) Schizocarpic fruits (Splitting fruits) Achenial fruits are of five types : Capsular fruits are of five types: Schizocarpic fruits are of five types : (i) : It develops from monocarpellary, superior, (i) (or pod) : The fruit develops from superior, (i) Cremocarp : It develops from a bicarpellary, unilocular and uniovuled ovary, pericarp is free from seed monocarpellary, unilocular ovary with marginal placentation. It syncarpous, bilocular, inferior ovary. On maturity, the except at one point, e.g., Mirabilis jalapa. (ii) (or dehisces by both dorsal and ventral sutures, e.g., members of family fruit splits into two mericarps, each with one seed, Grain) : It develops from monocarpellary, superior, unilocular Leguminosae. (ii) : The fruit dehisces by only one suture, e.g., members of family Apiaceae. (ii) Lomentum : The ovary. Pericarp is completely fused with the testa, e.g., members e.g., Delphinium. (iii) Siliqua : It develops from a bicarpellary, fruit is a modification of legume, which is constricted of family Poaceae. (iii) Cypsela : It develops from bicarpellary, superior ovary with parietal placentation and a false septum called in between the seeds, e.g., Mimosa, Acacia, etc. syncarpous, inferior and unilocular ovary. Pappus may be replum. It dehisces by two valves, e.g., members of family (iii) Carcerulus : At maturity, the fruit breaks up into present for dispersal, e.g., Taraxacum. (iv) : Pericarp becomes Brassicaceae. (iv) Silicula : It is a shortened and flattened siliqua, single seeded indehiscent mericarps, e.g., Althaea. hard, woody or leathery. Fruit may develop from e.g., Capsella bursa-pastoris. (v) : According to the mode of (iv) Compound : At maturity, the fruit splits monocarpellary, superior ovary (e.g., cashew nut); tricarpellary, , capsule may be porocidal capsule (e.g., Papaver), up into single seeded winged mericarps, e.g., Acer. syncarpous, trilocular ovary (e.g., litchi), etc. (v) Samara : denticidal capsule (e.g., Pink), pyxidium (e.g., Portulaca), (v) Regma : It develops from multicarpellary pistil and Pericarp becomes flat like wings and thus help in wind dispersal loculicidal capsule (e.g., Gossypium), septicidal capsule on maturity, splits into as many cocci as the number of e.g., Holoptelea. (e.g., Viola), septifragal capsule (e.g., Datura), etc. carpels, e.g., Geranium.

Cremocarp of Coriandrum

Samara of Cypsela of Taraxacum Legume of pea Holoptelea

Follicle of Capsule of Delphinium Carcerulus of Lomentaceous pod Regma of Datura Althaea of Touch-me-not Castor

Caryopsis of Nut of Litchi Siliqua of Silicula of Achene of Mirabilis Mustard. Capsella Double samara of Acer jalapa