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Multiple or Composite Fruit

Multiple or Composite Fruit
A Multiple or composite fruit develops from the whole inflorescence along with its peduncle on which they are borne.

Multiple or Composite Fruit

 

A Multiple or composite fruit develops from the whole inflorescence along with its peduncle on which they are borne.

 

a)   Sorosis: A fleshy multiple fruit which develops from a spike or spadix. The flowers fused together by their succulent perianth and at the same time the axis bearing them become fleshy or juicy and the whole inflorescence forms a compact mass. Example: Pineapple, Jack fruit, Mulberry

 

b) Syconus: A multiple fruit which develops from hypanthodium inflorescence. The receptacle develops further and converts into fleshy fruit which encloses a number of true fruit or achenes which develops from female flower of hypanthodium inflorescence. Example: Ficus




 

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