# Drupel

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupel
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

small [drupe](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupe "a succulent indehiscent fruit derived from a single carpel and having the pericarp differentiated into epicarp (skin), soft mesocarp and stony endocarp.") in an aggregate [fruit](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fruit "the seed bearing structure developed from the ovary of Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) after fertilization.").

## Related terms

- [Drupe](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupe)

- [Aggregate fruit](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/aggregate_fruit "Longitudinal section through an aggregate fruit consisting of a cluster of drupels. Shading: seeds exposed by sectioning are shown in solid black.")