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  2. Rosaceae - Wikipedia

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    The fruits occur in many varieties and were once considered the main characters for the definition of subfamilies amongst Rosaceae, giving rise to a fundamentally artificial subdivision. They can be follicles , capsules , nuts , achenes , drupes ( Prunus ), and accessory fruits , like the pome of an apple, the hip of a rose , or the receptacle ...

  3. Rosales - Wikipedia

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    Within the order Rosales is the family Rosaceae, which includes numerous species that are cultivated for their fruit, making this one of the most economically important families of plants. Fruit produced by members of this family include apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, almonds, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.

  4. Pome - Wikipedia

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    In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae.Pome fruits consist of a central "core" containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped by a tough membrane and surrounded by an edible layer of flesh. [1]

  5. Maleae - Wikipedia

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    The Maleae (incorrectly Pyreae) are the apple tribe in the rose family, Rosaceae.The group includes a number of plants bearing commercially important fruits, such as apples and pears, while others are cultivated as ornamentals.

  6. Prunus - Wikipedia

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    Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...

  7. Quince - Wikipedia

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    The quince (/ ˈ k w ɪ n s /; Cydonia oblonga) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia in the Malinae subtribe (which contains apples, pears, and other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright golden-yellow pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear. Ripe quince fruits are hard, tart, and astringent.

  8. Rubus - Wikipedia

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    Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, commonly known as brambles. [3] [4] [5] Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries.

  9. Pear - Wikipedia

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    Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus / ˈ p aɪ r ə s /, in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name. Several species of pears are valued for their edible fruit and juices, while ...