Compound fruit 2615335 209624808 2008-05-02T03:51:44Z 68.206.110.66 /* A List of Compound Fruits */ {{mergefrom|Multiple fruit|Talk:Compound fruit#Merger proposal|date=November 2007}} A '''compound fruit''' is one that develops from several [[ovary (plants)|ovaries]] in either a single [[flower]] or multiple flowers. Conversely, a '''simple fruit''' develops from one ovary. <br>[[image:Longitudinal_section_of_raspberry_flower.gif]] *Compound fruits may be '''[[aggregate fruit]]s''', in which one flower contains several ovaries which each develop into a small fruit. These small fruits are joined tightly together to make a larger fruit. An example of this is a [[raspberry]]. Each fleshy lobe in a raspberry is actually an individual fruit, but they are joined at their bases. Despite having the suffix "[[berry]]," aggregates cannot be berries, which are composed of a single ovary. *Compound fruits may also be '''[[multiple fruit]]s''', in which several flowers, each with an ovary, develop into small fruits which are clustered or fused together into a larger fruit. An example of this is a [[pineapple]]. Each section of a pineapple was an individual fruit from an individual flower, but they have fused to form the pineapple. Another example is the [[fig]]. [[Grape]]s grow in clusters, but they are not compound fruits. Each grape grew from one ovary in one flower, and each grape remains an independent fruit. ==A List of Compound Fruits== * [[Raspberry]] * [[Pineapples]] * [[Dewberry]] and [[Blackberry]] {{fruits}} [[Category: plant morphology]] [[Category:Fruit| types01 compound fruit]] [[sv:Fruktförband]] [[zh:複果]]