Fruit
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A fruit is a mature, ripened ovary or group of ovaries containing seeds. There are many types of fruit in different shapes, colors, and sizes. Below are some of the most common types of fruits produced by trees. Although a cone produced by a conifer is not a true fruit, for purposes of this webpage it will be referred to as a fruit.
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image fruit01.jpg Cone: made up of many scales, each containing a seed.
Examples: Pines, Spruces, Fir
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image fruit02.jpg Drupe: are fleshy fruit whose seed is enclosed by a stony endocarp.
Example: Cherry
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image fruit03.jpg Berry: fleshy, multi-seeded fruit.
Examples: Grape, Holly
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image fruit04.jpg Acorn: produced by oak trees.
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image fruit05.jpg Pod: bean-like and contain several seeds.
Examples: Mimosa, Eastern Redbud
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image fruit06.jpg Capsule: a dry, dehiscent fruit.
Examples: Forsythia, Rose-of-Sharon
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image fruit07.jpg Samara: dry, 1 or 2 seeded indehiscent fruit with pericarp bearing wing-like structures.
Examples: Maple, Ash
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image fruit08.jpg Nut in hull: seed is enclosed by pericarp which is enclosed by a hull.
Examples: Chestnut, Black Walnut, Pecan
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image fruit09.jpg image fruit10.jpg Aggregate/Syncarp: a fruit developed from several enlarged ovaries of a single flower.
Examples: Sweet Gum, Osage Orange, Sycamore
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image fruit11.jpg Pome: fruit composed of an outer fleshy layer and a central core containing seeds.
Examples: Quince, Apple, Pear