Chapter 8: Fruit
Fruit are important for their culinary importance and provide calories, nutrition, and pleasure. They also are the location for the development of seeds — the most important means to propagate plants and the source of genetic variation.
Learning objectives
- Define simple, aggregate, and multiple fruit.
- Explain the general characteristics of fleshy and dry fruits.
- Identify the difference between a true fruit and an accessory fruit based on structure and tissues.
