Explain the different types of fleshy fruit with suitable examples

Explanation

The fruits are derived from single pistil where the pericarp is fleshy, succulent and differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. It is subdivided into the following:
(i) Berry: Fruit develops from bicarpellary or multicarpellary, syncarpous ovary.Here the epicarp is thin, the mesocarp and endocarp remain undifferentiated.They form a pulp in which the seeds are embedded, eg. Tomato, Date Palm,Grapes, Brinjal
(ii) Drupe: Fruit develops frommono carpellary, superior ovary. It is usually one seeded. Pericarp is differentiated into outer skinny epicarp, fleshy and pulpy mesocarp and hard andstony endocarp around the seed. eg. Mango, Coconut.
(iii) fzzzjPepo: Fruit develops from tricarpellary inferior ovary. Pericarp terns leathery or woody which encloses, fleshy mesocaip and smooth endocarp, eg. Cucumber, Watermelon, Bottle gourd, Pumpkin
(iv) Hesperidium: Fruit develops from multicarpellary, multilocular, syncarpous superior
ovary. The fruit wall is differentiated into leathery epicarp with oil glands, a middle fibrous mesocarp. The endocarp forms distinct chambers, containing juicy hairs, eg. Orange, Lemon
(v) Pome: It develops from multicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary. The receptacle also develops along with the ovary and becomes fleshy, enclosing the true fruit. In pome the epicarp is thin skin like and endocarp is cartilagenous. eg. Apple, Pear.
(vi)Balausta. A fleshy indehiscent fruit developing from multicarpellary, multilocular inferiorovary whose pericarp is tough and leathery. Seeds are attached irregularly with testa beingthe edible portion, eg. Pomegranate.