In a peach or an olive, for example, the endocarp is stony whereas the mesocarp is fleshy and edible. A tomato is not differentiated into these three layers. Whether they are dehiscent or indehiscent. In the latter, the pericarp encloses the seed so that the entire fruit disperses. The taxonomic group to which they belong.
Many fruits are characteristic for particular families or subfamilies.
Fruit types based on taxonomy We will consider each of these fruit types in more detail when we study these families or subfamilies. The ovary of each carpel matures into a fruit. An inflorescence is simply the arrangment of flowers on a floral axis. A cluster of flowers, basically. These may differ substantially from foliage leaves.