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Accessory fruit

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strawberry: the 'seeds' are the real fruits ("achenes")

An accessory fruit is a fruit where the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue.

The prime example is the strawberry. Other examples include cashew, ficus.

Accessory fruit includes false berries.

[edit] See also

false berry

Types of fruits
Berries \| Drupes \| Pomes \| Aggregate fruits \| False berries \| Accessory fruit

Categories: Plant morphology | Accessory fruit | Botany stubs

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