Remnants of the floral parts are clearly evident on these immature banana fruits, demonstrating that the fruit is developing from an inferior ovary
A false berry or epigynous berry is an accessory fruit found in certain plant species with an inferior ovary. In these species the floral tube (including the basal parts of the sepals, petals, and stamens) can ripen along with the ovary, forming the false berry. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 279 KB) Source photographed by myself 2004-12-24 Photographer dekoelie Licence GFDL Description Taken at Pulau Ubin, Singapore File links The following pages link to this file: False berry ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 279 KB) Source photographed by myself 2004-12-24 Photographer dekoelie Licence GFDL Description Taken at Pulau Ubin, Singapore File links The following pages link to this file: False berry ... An accessory fruit is a fruit in which the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary (or surrounding stem, if the ovary is inferior) but from some adjacent tissue. ... Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen Insects, while collecting pollen, accidentally transfer it from one flower to another, bringing about pollination The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ... Ovary in plants is the female part of a flower. ...
Examples of plants which produce false berries include:
In common parlance and cuisine, the term "berry" refers generically to any small, edible fruit with multiple seeds; in this sense, the strawberry is a berry and the tomato is not.
These fruits tend to be small, sweet, juicy, and of a bright color contrasting with their background to make them more attractive to animals that eat them, thus dispersing the seeds of the plant.
In botany, the berry is the most common type of simple fleshy fruit; a fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp.
The fruit of cucumbers and their relatives are modified berries called "pepoes." A plant that bears berries is referred to as bacciferous.
In common parlance and cuisine, the term "berry" refers generically to any small, sweet fruit; in this sense, the strawberry is a berry and the tomato is not.
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