Fruit Categories/Groups

Multiple fruits, also known as collective fruits, form from an entire inflorescence—a cluster of many individual flowers. Each flower has its own ovary, but after fertilization, these ovaries develop and fuse together into a single fruiting body. This is different from simple fruits (which develop from a single ovary of one flower) and aggregate fruits … Read more

Aggregate fruits are a unique type of fruit that form from a single flower with multiple ovaries. Each ovary develops into a small individual fruit, and together these fruitlets cluster on a common receptacle. Unlike simple fruits (like a peach or cherry that develop from one ovary), aggregate fruits are essentially mini-fruit clusters that come … Read more