Multiple fruit

Pineapple is a kind of multiple fruit.

Multiple fruits are fruits that grow from more than one flower (called an inflorescence).[1][2] Each flower in the inflorescence produces a fruit, and then these join together.[3] There are also many multiple fruits that become dry later.

In languages other than English, the meanings of multiple and aggregate fruit are reversed.[4]

Noni, flowers and developing fruit
In Liquidambar, the multiple fruit later becomes dry.

Examples of multiple fruits:

References

  1. ↑ Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Beentje, H.; Williamson, J. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Schlegel (13 May 2003). Encyclopedic Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. p. 282. ISBN 9781560229506.
  4. ↑ Spjut, R.; Thieret, J. (1989). "Confusion between multiple and aggregate fruits". The Botanical Review. 55 (1): 53–72. doi:10.1007/bf02868781. S2CID 24994626.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)