Drupes


Drupes have a:

 

a. thin exocarp
 
 

b. thick mesocarp
 

c. a stony endocarp that protects the seed.
 
 

We usually eat the exocarp or mesocarp of a drupe


 
 
 
 
Examples of Drupes
Drupes that will surprise you
Peach
Coconut
Plum
Walnut*
When a walnut grows on a tree, it has an mesocarp, or a husk,  that is removed before it enters the store. When we buy walnuts in the store, the shell is the stony endocarp to protects the seed.
Cherry
Pecan*

Pecans are just like walnuts in that their mesocarp is removed before they enter a store.
Nectarines
Apricots




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