Multiple fruit
fruiting bodies formed from a cluster of fruiting flowers (inflorescence)
Multiple fruits are fruits that grow from more than one flower (called an inflorescence).[1][2] Each flower in the inflorescence produces a fruit, and then these join together.[3] There are also many multiple fruits that become dry later.
In languages other than English, the meanings of multiple and aggregate fruit are reversed.[4]
In Liquidambar, the multiple fruit later becomes dry.
Examples of multiple fruits:
- pineapple
- mulberry
- breadfruit.
- fig, tiny flowers are inside the fruit.
References
change- ↑ Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Beentje, H.; Williamson, J. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Schlegel (13 May 2003). Encyclopedic Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. p. 282. ISBN 9781560229506.
- ↑ Spjut, R.; Thieret, J. (1989). "Confusion between multiple and aggregate fruits". The Botanical Review. 55 (1): 53–72. doi:10.1007/bf02868781. S2CID 24994626.
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