Simple Fruit

The ovary of a flower usually develops into a fruit so that it can protect the seeds inside from wind or animals. The ovary starts to grow because pollination triggers hormonal changes, which causes the fruit to begin developing. The pericarp is the wall of the ovary, which is the thickened wall of the fruit.  As the flower goes away, the ovary grows which parallels the development of seeds. Without the pollination of flowers, the fruit does not develop. A fruit that comes from a single ovary is called a simple fruit, which can be either fleshy or dry. An example of this, as depicted above, would be an apple. An apple is a fleshy fruit. The fleshy part is mostly from flower parts that were fused together located at the base of the flower; the core of the apple was the only thing that develops from the ovary.


Works Cited:
Campbell, Neil, Jane Reece, and Lawrence Mitchell. “Plant Reproduction and Development.” Biology. Fifth ed. Menlo Park: Jim Green Publishing, 1999. 738. Print.