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Fruits

A fruit is a mature ovary. It’s the structure of a flowering plant

that contains seeds.

A fruit has two scars while seeds have one.

Fruits contain seeds and help to disperse the when eaten by

animals.

There are 2 types of fruits; Dry and Succulent fruits.

1. Succulent Fruits or Juicy Fruits

These are fruits whose pericarp and mesocarp become juicy

and fleshy and can be eaten. They are divided into three

groups.

a. Berries

b. Drupes

c. Pomes.

Berries

These are fruits with many seeds. The soft pericarp is divided

into three layers.

i. Epicarp

ii. Mesocarp

iii.Endocarp

Examples

Oranges, Tomatoes, Pawpaw