Pome 311906 216410692 2008-06-01T14:58:46Z TXiKiBoT 3171782 robot Adding: [[ca:Pom (botànica)]] {{unreferenced|date=April 2008}} [[image:Pome_apples_text.jpg|300px|thumb|right|An apple is a pome fruit. The parts of the fruit are labelled]] In botany, a '''pome''' (after the [[Latin]] name for an [[apple]]: ''pomum'') is a type of [[fruit]] produced by [[flowering plant]]s in the Subfamily [[Maloideae]] of the Family [[Rosaceae]]. A pome is an [[accessory fruit]] composed of five or more [[carpel]]s in which the [[exocarp]] forms an inconspicuous layer. The [[mesocarp]] is usually fleshy, and the [[endocarp]] forms a leathery case around the [[seed]]. Outside of the ''endocarp'' is the most edible part of this fruit, derived from the floral tube (''torus'') and other parts, which corresponds to what is commonly called the core. The shriveled remains of the sepals, style and stamens can be seen at the end of a pome opposite the stem, demonstrating that the ovary is [[ovary (plants)#Inferior ovary|inferior]] in these flowers. The best-known example of a pome is the [[apple]]. Other examples of plants that produce fruit classified as a pome are [[cotoneaster]], [[Crataegus|hawthorn]], [[loquat]], [[medlar]], [[pear]], ''[[Pyracantha]]'', [[quince]], [[rowan]], and [[whitebeam]]. {{fruits}} {{Commons|Pome}} [[Category: plant morphology]] [[Category:Accessory fruit]] [[Category:Maloideae]] [[zh-min-nan:Jîn-kó]] [[ca:Pom (botànica)]] [[cs:Malvice]] [[de:Apfelfrucht]] [[es:Pomo (fruto)]] [[eo:Pomofrukto]] [[fr:Piridion]] [[it:Pomo]] [[lt:Obuolėlis]] [[zh:梨果]]