Fruit (plant structure)
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Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. They are found in three main anatomical categories: aggregate fruits, multiple fruits, and simple fruits.
Longitudinal section of a female flower of a squash plant (courgette), showing the ovary (with ovules), style and stigmas
A segment of an orange that has been opened to show the pulp (juice vesicles) of the endocarp
Husk of a coconut (smooth exocarp plus fibrous mesocarp)
Almond endocarp
Ovary (botany)
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In flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium. Specifically, it is the part of the pistil which holds the ovule and is located above or below or a
Cross section of a tulip ovary
The orange is a simple fruit called a hesperidium. It is the mature ovary of a single orange blossom. Though it seems to have sections when cut open, all of these sections together come from a single ovary that develops into different layers.
The raspberry is an aggregate fruit. Each raspberry develops from one flower, but its flower has many ovaries that become the small circular drupes making up the raspberry. There is a seed in each drupe.