Multiple fruit

Multiple fruits are fruits that grow from more than one flower (called an inflorescence).^[1][2] Each flower in the inflorescence produces a fruit, and then these join together.^[3] There are also many multiple fruits that become dry later.

Pineapple is a kind of multiple fruit.

In languages other than English, the meanings of multiple and aggregate fruit are reversed.^[4]

Noni, flowers and developing fruit

In Liquidambar, the multiple fruit later becomes dry.

Examples of multiple fruits:

• pineapple
• mulberry
• breadfruit.
• fig, tiny flowers are inside the fruit.

References

1. Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Beentje, H.; Williamson, J. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Schlegel (13 May 2003). Encyclopedic Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. p. 282. ISBN 9781560229506.
4. Spjut, R.; Thieret, J. (1989). "Confusion between multiple and aggregate fruits". The Botanical Review. 55 (1): 53–72. doi:10.1007/bf02868781. S2CID 24994626.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)