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A compound fruit
is one that develops from several
ovaries in either a single flower
or multiple flowers. Conversely,a simple
fruit actually develops
from one ovary.
Compound fruits could be aggregate fruits; in which a single flower is responsible for the fruit so called aggregate fruit. A single flower that contains many ovaries where each ovary develops into a small fruit. These small fruits collectively forms a bunch of fruits to form a larger fruit which is called an aggregate fruit.
Compound fruits could also be multiple
fruits, in which of several flowers,
each with an ovary, develop into small
fruits which are clustered or fused
together into a larger fruit. A good
example of this is a pineapple. Each
section of a pineapple is an individual
fruit from the individual flower,
but they have fused to form the pineapple.
Grapes grow in clusters, but they
are not compound fruits. Each grape
grew from one ovary in one flower,
and each grape remains an independent
fruit.
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Compound fruits
