Fruits
34-Drupes, Prunus
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Drupes are indehiscent, fleshy fruits in which the flesh of the fruit comes from the mesocarp, while the endocarp become very hard to form a pit. Inside the pit is a single seed. This example is a European bird cherry (Prunus padus). Many drupes, like this one, come from single, distinct carpel (an apocarpous gynoecium of one carpel). |