Aggregate fruits

An aggregate fruit consists of multiple mature ovaries that are joined together. It develops from a single flower with multiple pistils:

A raspberry is an example of an aggregate fruit. Each of the ovaries in the flower develop into a small drupe (or drupelet), but they stick together and fall off the plant as a single unit.

Parts of the raspberry's aggregate fruit — The aggregate fruit of the raspberry. The drupelet produced by a single ovary is shown in the photo on the left. Scars where the drupelets fell off the flower's receptacle and side views of the drupelets are shown on the right.

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Aggregate fruits