What is a Multiple Fruit?
A multiple fruit or composite fruit develops from an entire inflorescence i.e., from a cluster or group of flowers into an entire fruit. Each of the flower produces a fruit, but these all mature into a single mass to form the composite fruit. In simple words we can say that - Fruits of individual flowers closely packed to form a single fruit.
Multiple fruits examples
Types of Multiple Fruits
There are 2 types of multiple fruits
Syconus
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig
Sorosis
A Sorosis develops from spike or spaidx or catkin, where the fleshy and juicy part is formed from the axis, the bract and the perianth. Jackfruit develops from spadix inflorescence. The female flowers have styles which are spines on the surface. The perianth, fleshy peduncle are edible and enclose a bladder like fruit with a single large seed.
