Bananas are Berries. Raspberries are Not

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• Author: mcgill.ca
• Title: Bananas are Berries. Raspberries are Not.
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• The exocarp is the skin of the fruit, and in berries it’s often eaten (like in grapes) but not always (like in bananas). The mesocarp is the part of the fruit we usually eat, like the white yummy part of an apple, or the bulk of a plum, though in citrus fruits the mesocarp is actually the white, sort of inner-peel that we remove. Last is the endocarp, which is the closest layer that envelopes the seeds.—Updated on 2024-02-12 14:43:46—Group:Public

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• The exocarp is the skin of the fruit, and in berries it’s often eaten (like in grapes) but not always (like in bananas). The mesocarp is the part of the fruit we usually eat, like the white yummy part of an apple, or the bulk of a plum, though in citrus fruits the mesocarp is actually the white, sort of inner-peel that we remove. Last is the endocarp, which is the closest layer that envelopes the seeds. — Updated on 2024-02-12 14:43:46

• Although not exactly quantified, berries generally have thin endocarps and fleshy (not dry) pericarps. — Updated on 2024-02-12 14:45:40

  • So berries have that “wrap” around them? Grapes would be berries too.