fleshy fruit: berry fruit [2]

Fruit in which the seed is surrounded by two distinct layers: an exocarp and a fleshy mesocarp that is in direct contact with the seed.

section of a raspberry

The raspberry is an aggregate fruit; it consists of a number of small fleshy fruits attached to a common receptacle.

receptacle

Enlarged portion of the peduncle; it holds the raspberry’s drupelets.

seed

Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.

drupelet

The small fleshy fruits attached to the receptacle, each one containing a seed; they are derived from separate ovaries within a single flower.

sepal

The flower’s sepal remains until the raspberry ripens.

peduncle

Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.