# Fruit

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

the [seed](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/seed "the fertilized ovule of a plant, containing an embryo, and sometimes endosperm, which are covered by the seed coat.") bearing structure developed from the [ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary "the basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels in which one or more ovules are enclosed, and which after fertilization develops into the fruit.") of Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) after [fertilization](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fertilization "the union of gametes.").

## Related terms

- [Ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary)

- [Fruit](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/fruit "(a) achene (transverse section below); (b) caryopsis; (c) nut (transverse section below); (d) samara (transverse section below); (e) legume; (f) lomentum; (g) follicle; (h) siliqua; (i) circumsissile capsule; (j) pore capsule; (k) transverse section of a loculicidal capsule showing positions of dehiscence; (l) transverse section of a septicidal capsule showing positions of dehiscence; (m) schizocarp with 2 carpels before splitting; (n) schizocarp with 2 carpels after splitting; (o) schizocarp with 4 carpels after splitting; (p) schizocarp capsule with 5 carpels after splitting and dehiscence (drawn from above); (q) transverse section of drupe; (r) transverse section of a drupaceous fruit with 5 carpels; (s) longitudinal section of a superior berry; (t) longitudinal section of an inferior berry; (u) longitudinal section through an aggregate fruit consisting of a cluster of drupels; (v) longitudinal section of a hip, the true fruits are achenes, one of which is sectioned; (w) vertical section through the syconium of a fig (multiple fruit). Shading: seeds exposed by dehiscence or sectioning are shown in solid black; ovary walls, when sectioned are cross-hatched.")