HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples. 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: -drupes. The two main classes of fleshy fruits are berries and drupes, or stone fruits. Berries have a fleshy mesocarp and endocarp, and may have multiple seeds. Drupes have a fleshy mesocarp, but a tough endocarp, and of course, a “stone” or “pit” at its center.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stone fruits, also known as drupes, have thin skins that can be fuzzy or smooth. They are called so as their seeds are enclosed by large and hard pits (endocarps). The pits hence are at the center of their juicy and soft flesh. Examples of stone fruits – Peaches, Apricots, Mangoes, Plums, Cherries, etc.