Botanical Berries
In botanical language, a berry is a simple fruit having seeds and pulp produced from a single ovary; the ovary can be inferior or superior.
Examples of botanical berries include:
- Avocado (Persea americana) a one-seeded berry
- Banana
- Barberry (Berberis; Berberidaceae)
- Bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.)
- Blueberry
- Coffee berries
- Cranberry
- Crowberry (Empetrum spp.)
- Currant (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae), red, black, and white types
- Elderberry (Sambucus niger; Caprifoliaceae)
- Gooseberry (Ribes spp.; Grossulariaceae)
- Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
- Grape, Vitis vinifera
- Honeysuckle: the berries of some species are edible and are called honeyberries, but others are poisonous (Lonicera spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
- Cowberry/Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- Persimmon
- Mayapple (Podophyllum spp.; Berberidaceae)
- Nannyberry or sheepberry (Viburnum spp.; Caprifoliaceae)
- Oregon-grape (Mahonia aquifolium; Berberidaceae)
- Pumpkin
- Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), not to be confused with the actual strawberry (Fragaria)
- Tomato and other species of the family Solanaceae
- Watermelon
- Wolfberry
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