An apple is a pome fruit. The parts of the fruit are labelled
In botany, a pome (after the Latin name for an apple: pomum) is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae.
A pome is an accessory fruit composed of five or more carpels in which the exocarp forms an inconspicuous layer. The mesocarp is usually fleshy, and the endocarp forms a leathery case around the seed. Outside of the endocarp is the most edible part of this fruit, derived from the floral tube (torus) and other parts, which corresponds to what is commonly called the core. The shriveled remains of the sepals, style and stamens can be seen at the end of a pome opposite the stem, demonstrating that the ovary is inferior in these flowers.
Examples
The best-known example of a pome is the apple. Other examples of plants that produce fruit classified as a pome are cotoneaster, hawthorn, loquat, medlar, pear, pyracantha, toyon, quince,1 rowan, and whitebeam. Certain pomes may have a mealy texture.
See also
References
- Jonathan Pereira, Fred B. Kilmer, Joseph Carson, Alfred Swaine Taylor, George Owen Rees (1857) The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, v.2:pt.2
Line notes
- ^ Jonathan Pereira et al, 1857
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