fruit
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009001
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: accessory fruit
- narrow: achene
- narrow: acorn
- narrow: aggregate fruit
- narrow: akene
- narrow: anthocarp
- narrow: berry
- narrow: capsule
- narrow: caryopsides
- narrow: caryopsis
- narrow: circumcissile capsule
- narrow: citrus fruit
- narrow: coenocarp
- narrow: cypsela
- narrow: diclesia
- narrow: diclesium
- narrow: diplotegia
- narrow: diplotegium
- narrow: drupe
- narrow: folliceta
- narrow: follicetum
- narrow: follicle
- narrow: fruit
- narrow: glandes
- narrow: glans
- narrow: grain
- narrow: hesperidia
- narrow: hesperidium
- narrow: hip
- narrow: kernel
- narrow: legume
- narrow: loculicidal capsule
- narrow: loment
- narrow: lomentum
- narrow: multiple fruit
- narrow: nut
- narrow: nutlet
- narrow: pepo
- narrow: pod
- narrow: pome
- narrow: poricidal capsule
- narrow: pyxides
- narrow: pyxis
- narrow: samara
- narrow: schizocarp
- narrow: septicidal capsule
- narrow: septifragal capsule
- narrow: silicle
- narrow: silicula
- narrow: siliqua
- narrow: silique
- narrow: stone fruit
- narrow: syconia
- narrow: syconium
- narrow: syncarp
- narrow: utricle
- alt_id: PO:0020067
- alt_id: PO:0020068
- alt_id: PO:0020069
- alt_id: PO:0020070
- alt_id: PO:0020071
- alt_id: PO:0020072
- alt_id: PO:0020073
- alt_id: PO:0020074
- alt_id: PO:0020076
- alt_id: PO:0020077
- alt_id: PO:0020078
- alt_id: PO:0020079
- alt_id: PO:0020080
- alt_id: PO:0020082
- alt_id: PO:0020083
- alt_id: PO:0020087
- alt_id: PO:0020107
- exact: fruto (Spanish)
- exact: 果実 (Japanese)
- broad: diaspore
- Definition
- A multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496) that develops from a gynoecium (PO:0009062) and may have as parts one or more seeds (PO:0009010). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- A fruit may contain additional plant structures (PO:0009011) that were part of a flower (PO:0009046) and mature along with the gynoecium, such as a receptacle (PO:0009064). A fruit may develop without fertilization in cases of parthenocarpy, apomixis, or other hormone-induced conditions and may not always contain seeds. Fruits only occur in angiosperms.
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