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Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303) Level 2 Clinical Pharmacy-Pharm D

2- Aggregate Fruits

✓ Develops from one flower with many separate pistils/carpels
(Apocarpous ovary) each free carpel develops a fruit.
Examples: Strawberry, Raspberries, Blackberries.

 They may be:
1- Aggregate of achenes (strawberry)
2- Aggregate of follicles (star anise).

3‐ Composite Fruits

✓ Develops from ovaries of several flowers borne/fused together on the same stalk.
(Developed from inflorescence)

Strobile:
Derived from a scaly inflorescence e.g., Hops.

Sorosis:
Derived from a spike inflorescence, with swollen fleshy axis in which the fruits are partly
embedded and fused together by fleshy bracts (Long pepper) or by perianth (Pineapple).

Synconus:
inflorescence axis enclosing achene like Formed of a succulent hollow
bodies formed from female flowers lining the receptacle (Figs)

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