Fruits, Inflorescence, fruit type and their Edible Parts
Fruits |
Inflorescence |
Fruit type |
Edible part |
Banana |
Spadix |
Berry |
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Grapes |
Aggregate |
Berry |
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Mustard |
Raceme |
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Pea |
Racemose |
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Apple |
Corymb |
Pome |
Fleshy thalamus |
Pear |
Raceme |
Pome |
Fleshy thalamus |
Wheat |
Spikelet |
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|
Maize |
Tassel and cob |
|
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Sugarcane |
Arrow |
|
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Rice |
Awn |
|
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Mango |
Raceme |
Drupe |
|
Papaya |
Cymose |
Berry |
|
Citrus |
Cymose |
Hesperidium |
|
Litchi |
Cyme |
Nut |
|
Pineapple |
Spike |
Sorosis |
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Plum |
Fascida |
Drupe |
|
Cherry |
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Etario of berries |
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Fruits and their family
Fruits |
Family |
a) Pineapple |
Bromeliaceae |
b) Banana |
Musaceae |
c) Mango, Cashewnut |
Anacardiaceae |
d) Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Apricot |
Rosaceae |
e) Pomegranate |
Puniaceae |
f) Guava |
Myrtaceae |
g) Papaya |
Caricaceae |
h) Litchi |
Sapindaceae |
i) Amla |
Euphorbiaceae |
j) Jack fruit |
Moraceae |
k) Citrus, wood apple |
Rutaceae |
l) Grape |
Vitaceae |
m) Custard apple |
Annonaceae |
Fruits and their edible parts
Fruits |
Edible parts |
a) Mango |
Mesocarp |
b) Banana |
Mesocarp and endocarp |
c) Apple |
Fleshy thalamus |
d) Grape |
Pericarp and Placenta |
e) Litchi |
Aril |
f) Coconut |
Endosperm |
g) Guava |
Thalamus and pericarp |
h) Pomegranate |
Testa ( Juicy covering of seed) |
i) Almond |
Seed |
j) Pear |
Stalk of fruit and thalamus |
k) Jamun |
Pericarp and thalamus |
l) Citrus |
Juicy placental hairs |
m) cashew nut |
Cotyledon |