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Byrsonima crassifolia is a slow-growing large shrub or tree to 10 metres (33 ft). Sometimes cultivated for its edible fruits, the tree is native and abundant in the wild, sometimes in extensive stands, in open pine forests and grassy savannas, from central Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; it also occurs in Trinidad, Barbados, Curaçao, St. Martin ...
Pome. In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pome fruits consist of a central "core" containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped by a tough membrane and surrounded by an edible layer of flesh. [1] Pome fruit trees are deciduous, and undergo a dormant winter ...
A pitaya ( / pɪˈtaɪ.ə /) or pitahaya ( / ˌpɪtəˈhaɪ.ə /) is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. [ 1][ 2] Pitaya is cultivated in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Australia ...
Fruit (plant structure) Longitudinal section of a female flower of a squash plant (courgette), showing the ovary, ovules, pistil and petals. Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. They are found in three main anatomical categories: aggregate fruits, multiple fruits, and simple fruits. In some fruits, the edible portion ...
Fresh fruit mix of blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. In botany, a fruit is the seed -bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy ). Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds.
Pluots. Pluots / ˈpluːɒt / are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca. [6] [7] The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.
The UK's National Fruit Collection, which is the responsibility of the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, includes a collection of over 2,000 cultivars of apple tree in Kent. [64] The University of Reading , which is responsible for developing the UK national collection database, provides access to search the national collection.
Binomial name. Spondias dulcis. L. Unripe fruit. Spondias dulcis ( syn. Spondias cytherea ), known commonly as June plum, is a tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. In the English-speaking Caribbean it is typically known as golden apple and elsewhere in the Caribbean as pommecythere or cythere. In Polynesia it is known as vī.