What are the fruit trees?

Fruit trees refer to edible trees, perennial plants and their rhizomes that can provide edible fruits and seeds.

What are the fruit trees?

Woody deciduous fruit tree

1, kernel fruit tree

It belongs to Rosaceae, including apple, pear, begonia fruit, hawthorn, papaya and so on. The fruit is mainly composed of ovary and receptacle, which is a false fruit. The outer layer of the fruit is fleshy receptacle, which accounts for most of the fruit. The fleshy outer mesocarp and receptacle are edible parts, and the endocarp is leathery. Most fruits are resistant to storage and transportation.

2. Drupe fruit trees

Including peaches, plums, apricots and cherries. The outer wall of the ovary forms exocarp, the middle wall develops into fruit meat, and the inner wall forms lignified stone. There is usually a seed in a stone. The edible part is mesocarp.

3. Berry fruit trees

Include kiwi fruit, raspberry, pomegranate, grape, etc. The fruit is juicy, and the seeds are small and numerous, which are distributed in the pulp, and most of them are not resistant to storage. This kind of fruit has great differences in fruit structure due to different tree species. Its representative tree species is grape, the fruit develops from ovary, the exocarp is membranous and the mesocarp is soft and juicy. The edible part is mesocarp.

4. Nut fruit trees

Including walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, ginkgo, etc. It is characterized by a hard shell outside the fruit and seeds in the shell. Edible parts are mostly seeds, which have low water content and are resistant to storage and transportation, commonly known as dried fruits.

5. Persimmon and jujube trees

Exocarp membranous, mesocarp fleshy. The endocarp of jujube forms a nucleus, and the edible part is mesocarp; Persimmon endocarp is tough, and the edible part is the middle endocarp.

Woody evergreen fruit tree

1, citrus fruit trees

Including oranges, oranges, oranges, grapefruit and so on. The fruit developed from ovary, the exocarp was leathery with oil cells, the endocarp was a white sponge and the endocarp was a juicy sac. The edible part is endocarp capsule. Most fruits are resistant to storage and transportation.

2. Others

Include litchi, longan, loquat, bayberry, coconut, mango, avocado, etc.

3. Perennial herbaceous fruit trees

Include bananas, pineapples, strawberries and the like.