Fleshy and dry fruits:

A fleshy fruit is a fruit that has the whole pericarp or at least one of the
pericarp thick, soft and succulent is fleshy. There are six types of fleshy fruits:
1. Drupe: A true, simple fruit with a thin epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp and
a hard and woody endocarp
which encloses the seed(s) e. g. mango, coconut, oil palm fruits.
2. Berry: A true, simple fruit with a thin epicarp and succulent, edible mesocarp
and endocarp e. g. tomatoes,
guava etc.
3. Hesperidium: A special type of berry in which the epicarp and mesocarp are fused
together and the endocarp forms distinct chambers filled with succulent hairs e. g.
oranges, lemon, grapes etc.
4. Pome: A simple, false fruit in which the fleshy edible part is derived from the
receptacle and the core enclosing
the seeds from the ovary e. g. apple and pear
5. Sorosis: A composite, false fruit formed from a dense inflorescence e. g.
breadfruit, pineapple
6. Syconium: A composite false fruit that develops from a cup-like inflorescence
enclosing numerous tiny male
and female flowers e. g. fig.
Dry fruit is a type of fruit in which the pericarp becomes dry, hard, woody or
fibrous when the fruit ripens. Dry fruits can be grouped into dehiscent or
indehiscent fruits