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Rosaceae family__ The family Rosaceae dominates the temperate fruits, both in numbers and in importance. The pome fruits, stone fruits and brambles are fruits of plants in Rosaceae. The pome fruits: Apple and crabapple Chokeberry Hawthorn Loquat Medlar Pear Quince Rose hip Rowan Service tree Serviceberry Shipova The stone fruits, drupes of genus Prunus: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca or Armeniaca vulgaris) Cherry, including sweet, black, sour, and wild species Chokecherry Greengage Peach and nectarine Plum of several species Hybrids of the preceding species Berries__ In non-technical usage, berry means any small fruit that can be eaten whole and lacks objectionable seeds. The bramble fruits, compound fruits of genus Rubus (blackberries), are some of the most popular of these that are not true berries: Blackberry, including many species and hybrids Cloudberry Loganberry Raspberry of several species Salmonberry Thimbleberry Wineberry The true berries are dominated by the family Ericaceae, many of which are hardy in the subarctic: Bearberry Bilberry Blueberry Crowberry Cranberry Falberry Huckleberry Lingonberry Strawberry Tree Other berries not in Rosaceae or Ericaceae: Açaí Barberry Currant Elderberry Gooseberry Hackberry Honeysuckle[6] Mulberry, including red and white mulberry Mayapple Nannyberry Oregon grape Sea-buckthorn Sea Grape Ugniberry Wolfberry Cacti and other succulents__ Several cacti yield edible fruits, which are important traditional foods for some Native American peoples: Cardón Dragonfruit Prickly pear Saguaro Cereus peruvianus Numerous other cactus species Gymnosperms with fruit-like structures__ Only Angiosperms have fruit, a structure that surrounds the seed. Gymnosperms have naked seeds, but some of them have reproductive structures that resemble fruit.[12] Podocarps__ Podocarps are conifers in the family Podocarpaceae, The seed cones are highly modified and, in some, the seed is surrounded by fleshy scale tissue, resembling a drupe. These berry-like cone scales are eaten by birds which then disperse the seeds in their droppings and the cones can be eaten in many species. Podocarps are either half-hardy or frost tender, depending on species. Many genera are similar in that they have edible "fruits" and often don't have a common name. Kahikatea Manoao Nageia Podocarpus Prumnopitys Rimu Tōtara Other gymnosperms__ Juniper berry (a berry-like cone) Melons and other members of Cucurbitaceae family__ Most gourds and many melons are regarded as culinary vegetables. The following are generally regarded as fruits: Bitter melon Cantaloupe Galia Honeydew Horned melon Muskmelon Watermelon Accessory fruits__ The accessory fruits, seed organs which are not botanically berries at all: Cashew apple Raisin tree Strawberry |
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