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Accessory fruit (apple) (HUNG_TinHang)
Updated on 25/04/2016

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Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Latin name: Malus domestica
Common name: apple tree

An accessory fruit is a fruit in which some of the edible flesh is derived not from the ovary but from some neighboring tissue exterior to the gymnoecium.

Pomes, such as apples and pears, are accessory fruit in which the flesh is mostly developed from hypanthium.

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Clear description! And great effort in labelling.

by Cherry_Chow (Teacher) at 2016-05-03 12:31:05

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petal , sepal , pileus , suspensor , stipe , Labellum , columella , sporangium , pistil , zygosporangium