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| Aggregate Fruits |
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| A fruit that develops from the apocarpous ovary of a flower is called an aggregate fruit. It is a collection of simple fruits (fruitlets) all of which develop from the apocarpous ovaries of the same flower. After fertilisation, each carpel develops into a fruitlet and hence there will be as many fruitlets as there were carpels in the flower. Such an aggregate of simple fruits is also known as an etaerio. There are different types of aggregate fruits. Some of them are : |
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| a. Etaerio of follicles e.g. Michelia. |
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| b. Etaerio of achenes e.g. Clematis |
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| c. Etaerio of drupes e.g. Rubus |
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| d. Etaerio of berries e.g. Annona |
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| fig. 27.72:Common aggregate fruits |
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