The development sequence of a typical drupe, the nectarine (Prunus persica) over a 7½ month period, from bud formation in early winter to fruit ripening in midsummer (see image page for further information)

Diagram of a typical drupe (peach), showing both fruit and seed

In botany, a drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. A Fruit in Botany refers to a mature ovary. In fleshy fruits the outer often edible layer is the pericarp, which is the tissue that develops A Fruit in Botany refers to a mature ovary. In fleshy fruits the outer often edible layer is the pericarp, which is the tissue that develops A Fruit in Botany refers to a mature ovary. In fleshy fruits the outer often edible layer is the pericarp, which is the tissue that develops A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. A gynoecium (from Ancient Greek gyne, "woman" is the Female reproductive part of a Flower. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also In the Flowering plants an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or Gynoecium. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.

Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed. These fruits are not drupes.

Some flowering plants that produce drupes are coffee, jujube, mango, olive, most palms (including date, coconut and oil palms), pistachio and all members of the genus Prunus, including the almond (in which the mesocarp is somewhat leathery), apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, and plum. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Coffea arabica (əˈræbɪkə is a species of Coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen. Ziziphus zizyphus (from Greek ζίζυφον - zizuphon, syn Z Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting Trees in the Flowering plant family Anacardiaceae The Olive ( Olea europaea) is a Species of small Tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern The Date Palm ( Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cultivated for its edible Fruit. The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family The oil palms ( Elaeis) comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family The pistachio ( Pistacia vera L Anacardiaceae or sometimes Pistaciaceae) is a small Tree native to mountainous regions of Prunus is a Genus of Trees and Shrubs including the Plums cherries, Peaches Apricots and The Almond ( Prunus dulcis, syn Prunus amygdalus Batsch Amygdalus communis L A Fruit in Botany refers to a mature ovary. In fleshy fruits the outer often edible layer is the pericarp, which is the tissue that develops The Apricot ( Prunus armeniaca, "Armenian plum" in Latin syn This article is about the Cherry berry also classified as fruit for the ornamental tree See Cherry Blossom. The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach The peach ( Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach A plum or gage is a stone fruit Tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus.

The term stone fruit (also stonefruit[1]) can be a synonym for "drupe" or, more typically, it can mean just the fruit of the Prunus genus.

Drupes, with their sweet, fleshy outer layer, attract the attention of animals as a food, and the plant population benefits from the resulting dispersal of its seeds. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an The endocarp (pit or stone) is often swallowed, passing through the digestive tract, and returned to the soil in feces with the seed inside unharmed; sometimes it is dropped after the fleshy part is eaten. Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the Anus

Many stone fruits contain sorbitol, which can exacerbate conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and fructose malabsorption. Sorbitol, also known as glucitol, is a Sugar alcohol that the body metabolises slowly In Gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS) is a Functional bowel disorder characterized by mild to severe Abdominal pain, discomfort Fructose malabsorption or Dietary Fructose Intolerance is a digestive disorder of the Small intestine in which the Fructose carrier in Enterocytes

The coconut is also a drupe, but the mesocarp is fibrous or dry (in this case, called a husk), so this type of fruit is classified as a simple dry fruit, fibrous drupe. The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family Unlike other drupes, the coconut seed is unlikely to be dispersed by being swallowed by fauna, due to its large size. Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time It can, however, float extremely long distances across oceans.

In an aggregate fruit composed of small, individual drupes, each individual is termed a drupelet. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. Bramble fruits (such as the blackberry or the raspberry) are aggregates of drupelets. Bramble refers to thorny plants of the Genus Rubus, in the Rose family ( Rosaceae) The BlackBerry is a Wireless Handheld device introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager The raspberry (plural raspberries) is the edible Fruit of a multitude of plant species in the subgenus Idaeobatus of the genus Rubus The fruit of blackberries and raspberries comes from a single flower whose pistil is made up of a number of free carpels. A gynoecium (from Ancient Greek gyne, "woman" is the Female reproductive part of a Flower. However, mulberries, which closely resemble blackberries, are not aggregate fruit, but are multiple fruits, actually derived from bunches of catkins, each drupelet thus belonging to a different flower. Multiple fruit s are fruits that are formed from a cluster of flowers (called an Inflorescence) growing on a Catkin. A catkin or ament is a slim cylindrical flower cluster with inconspicuous or no petals usually Wind - pollinated ( anemophilous) but sometimes

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Assorted drupes

The peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit)

The stone of a nectarine

Black butte blackberry, a bramble fruit of aggregated drupelets