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Drupes do not split open to release the seed, i.e., they are indehiscent. [1] These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries [1] (polypyrenous drupes are exceptions). The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, woody stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.
The large (20–25 cm) fruit-head is held erect on a short peduncle. Each fruit-head is packed with 20-30 purple, flattened, angular drupes. [1] [2] [3] Distribution
Other drupe-like fruits with a single seed that lack the stony endocarp include sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides, Elaeagnaceae), which is an achene, surrounded by a swollen hypanthium that provides the fleshy layer. [14] Fruits of Coffea species are described as either drupes or berries. [9]
The fruit, called a "sloe", is a drupe 10–12 millimetres (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, black with a purple-blue waxy bloom, ripening in autumn and traditionally harvested – at least in the UK – in October or November, after the first frosts.
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The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
The globose fruit is a drupe to around 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) diameter. They are bright red when ripe and contain a single seed. They are bright red when ripe and contain a single seed. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
The fruit is a small round blue-black drupe, 8–16 mm (0.31–0.63 in) long on a reddish stem; it is thick-skinned, sweet, and rather juicy. The stone is oblong oval ...