How many types of fruit are in the world? and Cyphostemma juttae #1

How many types of fruit are in the world?

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Answer by gardengallivant
Achene -[strawberry, sunflower, rose (cypsela-dandelion, samara -maple)]
Nut – (hazelnut, beech, acorn, chestnut)
Caryopsis – (graminoid grain: rice, corn, wheat etc)
Legume – (pea, bean, peanut, acacia)
Fibrous drupe – (coconut, almond)
Schizocarp – (fennel, carrot seed)
Silique – (Dame's rocket, radish)
Silicle – (shepherd's purse, honesty)
Utricle – (pondweed, Amaranthus, & beet)
Aril -(pomegranate, yew, mangosteen)

Fleshy fruit categories include pome, drupe (pyrene, druplet) & berry (hesperidium and pepo are types of berries). Aggregate fruit form from the many florets of an inflorescence. These are Sorosis, as in the Mulberry, Syngonium, as in the Fig, and Coenocarpium, as in the Pineapple.

http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/fruits_term_types.cfm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Fruit

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Cyphostemma juttae #1


Vitaceae - North Cape Province, South Africa
Wild Grape, Tree Grape, Namibian Grape
Shown: Mature inflorescences

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Photographed in U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden - Berkeley, California

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