Christian Carl Recede

Botany 2:00-5:00pm
Assignment # 2
Fleshy Fruits

Fleshy fruits are fruits that have a flesh area between the seeds and the skin. When
you eat a fleshy fruit, you consume the flesh rather than the seeds, though some
types of fleshy fruits also have an edible skin. Apples, avocados, pears or
watermelons are all examples of fleshy fruits. Botanists define any plant with
ripened ovaries hanging from the plant a fruit, which means some items like
avocados or tomatoes which are commonly referred to as vegetables are actually
fruits. According to botanists, fleshy fruits are those that derive from a single ovary
from the flowering area of the plant.
Dry Fruits

Dried fruit is a fruit that has been dried, either naturally or artificially by a machine,
such as a dehydrator. Examples of dried fruits are Raisins, Plumose Prunes and
Dates. Apples, Apricots, Bananas, Cranberries, Figs, Mangoes, Pawpaw, Peaches,
Pineapples, Pears and Tomatoes are the other dried fruits. A good dried fruit has a
long shelf life and therefore it can be used as a good alternate to fresh fruit, which
allows out of the season fruits to be available. Drying is a very well-known way to
preserve fruit when there is no refrigerator. Dried fruit is mostly used in baking
mixes, breakfast cereals and making cake. Dried fruit is a healthy snack and since
the public is ready to pay more for the snacks than staples, the quality is improving
all the time.
What is a fruit?

The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as
food.
Fruits function
Fruits protect the seeds.
Fruits aid in the dispersal of mature seeds.

What are the parts of fruits?

Seed coat From the wall of the embryo sack (mother tissue)
Endosperm Food supply containing 3 sets of chromosomes (2 from the
mother and 1 from the father)
Embryo Immature plant
Cotyledon Seed leaf
Plumule Shoot
Radicle Root
Mesocarp is the fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit; it is found between the epicarp
and the endocarp. It is usually the part of the fruit that is eaten. For example, the mesocarp
makes up most of the edible part of a peach, and a considerable part of a tomato.
"Mesocarp" may also refer to any fruit that is fleshy throughout
Endocarp is a botanical term for the inside layer of the pericarp (or fruit),
which directly surrounds the seeds. It may be membranous as in citrus where
it is the only part consumed, or thick and hard as in the stone fruits of the
family Rosaceae such as peaches, cherries, plums, and apricots.
Exocarp is a botanical term for the outermost layer of the pericarp (or fruit). The epicarp
forms the tough outer skin of the fruit, if there is one. The epicarp is sometimes called the
exocarp, or, especially in Citrus, the flavedo.