A seed in a fruit is something that we hardly notice while we eat the delicious fruit. However, the purpose of the fruit is to carry seeds and help the tree in reproduction. Fruits are a tree’s seed containers.
Fruits come in different sizes and shapes. A mango or an apple could be easily made into a juice. However, not all fruits are juicy; some are dry. Some are round and heavy. Some have wings and fluffy tails to be caught in a wind and placed in faraway places. Nature designs them in such a way that they are properly dispersed and find places to start growing into a new tree.
Fruits can be divided into two categories: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits can be subdivided into those fruits formed from a single flower or from a group of flowers. Such fruits are found to have either one or many seeds in them.
Tomato, apple, mango and plum are examples of fleshy fruits. Among dry fruits, some fruits come in seedpods, which will open up and release seeds. Others do not have seedpods. Nuts, sunflower seeds and legumes are examples of dry fruits.
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