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FRUITS 



Indehiscent Fleshy Fruits. A fleshy fruit is one that is 

 succulent or moist at maturity. The fleshy fruits are grouped 

 into baccate and drupaceous fruits. 



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FIG. 125. Drupaceous fruits. 1, Drupe of cherry (Prunus cerasus); (A) 

 entire fruit, (B) drupe showing epicarp, sarcocarp and putamen, (C) putamen 

 opened to show the seed, (D) putamen with enclosed seed; 2, Drupelet, the 

 individual fruits of blackberry (Rubus nigrobaccus) . 



Baccate Fruits. The berry, hesperidium and pepo are 

 baccate or berrylike fruits. 



A berry is a fleshy fruit with numerous seeds imbedded in 

 the fleshy pericarp, as in the tomato and grape. 



