Horticulture Essentials: Rahul’s Quick Guide for Master’s Prep
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Fruits, Inflorescence, fruit type and their Edible Parts

Fruits

Inflorescence

Fruit type

Edible part

Banana

Spadix

Berry

 

Grapes

Aggregate

Berry

 

Mustard

Raceme

 

 

Pea

Racemose

 

 

Apple

Corymb

Pome

Fleshy thalamus

Pear

Raceme

Pome

Fleshy thalamus

Wheat

Spikelet

 

 

Maize

Tassel and cob

 

 

Sugarcane

Arrow

 

 

Rice

Awn

 

 

Mango

Raceme

Drupe

 

Papaya

Cymose

Berry

 

Citrus

Cymose

Hesperidium

 

Litchi

Cyme

Nut

 

Pineapple

Spike

Sorosis

 

Plum

Fascida

Drupe

 

Cherry

 

Etario of berries

 

 

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

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