Eggplant and beans
EGGPLANT
WHAT: A fleshy eggplant
WHERE: from my garden in South Minneapolis
SO: This is a berry from an eggplant. It is unclear to me where the mesocarp ends and the endocarp begins, but the endocarp must be the tissue closest to the seeds.
LIMA BEAN
WHAT: Lima bean
WHERE: from my garden in South Minneapolis.
SO: This is a dry, dehiscent fruit with the ovary wall split open at the seam.
Comments
I'm not sure either where one ends and the other begins. One of the sources I checked left out the endocarp completely and just labeled the exo and meso.
Posted by: Tom | November 20, 2008 3:38 PM