Accessory fruit
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An accessory fruit is a fruit where the fleshy part is derived not from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue.
The prime example is the strawberry. Other examples include cashew, ficus.
Accessory fruit includes false berries.
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| Types of fruits |
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| Berries | Drupes | Pomes | Aggregate fruits | False berries | Accessory fruit |
