EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Typical drupes include apricots, olives, loquat, peaches, plums, cherries, mangoes, pecans, and amlas (Indian gooseberries). Other examples include sloe (Prunus spinosa) and ivy (Hedera helix).

Detailed explanation-2: -drupe, in botany, simple fleshy fruit that usually contains a single seed, such as the cherry, peach, and olive. As a simple fruit, a drupe is derived from a single ovary of an individual flower.

Detailed explanation-3: -A drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell (what we sometimes call a pit) with a seed inside. Some examples of drupes are peaches, plums, and cherries-but walnuts, almonds, and pecans are also drupes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cherries are actually classified as a type of fruit called a drupe. Drupes consist of thin skin, a fleshy body, a hard stone, and an inner seed. They’re often referred to as “stone fruits” due to the hard stone in the middle. The part of the fruit that you eat is called the mesocarp.