The wall of the ripened ovary, divisible into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp when a distinction between the three can be made;
Fruit wall, sometimes includes the seed (e.g. Linnaeus’ use of ‘pericarpium’);
The fleshy layer (united ectocarp and mesocarp) surrounding the stony endocarp in Commiphora.
The plant material surrounding the seed of fruits.
The wall of a fruit developed from the ovary wall. Composed of the exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp.
The fruit wall, made up of the endocarp, mesocarp, and exocarp; the wall of the ripened ovary of a flower.
A ripened ovary; or the fruit walls.
Tissue that forms the wall of the fruit and generally consists of three distinct layers (exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp).