Fruits
38-Drupelets, Rubus
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Drupelets are just very small drupes. A good example is the red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Each whole raspberry comes from one flower that has many simple, distinct carpels arranged around a cone-shaped receptacle. Each carpel matures into a drupelet, and each drupelet has a tiny pit. Within each pit is a single seed. The cone-shaped receptacle is left behind after the cluster of drupelets drops off. |