In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pit, stone, or pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries (polypyrenous drupes are exceptions). The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower. In an aggregate fruit, which is composed of small, individual drupes (such as a raspberry), each individual is termed a drupelet, and may together form an aggregate fruit. Such fruits are often termed berries, although botanists use a different definition of berry. Other fleshy fruits may have a stony enclosure that comes from the seed coat surrounding the seed, but such fruits are not drupes. Flowering plants that produce dr
En botánica, una drupa (o fruto de piedra) es un fruto indehiscente en el que una parte carnosa externa (exocarp, o piel, y mesocarp, o carne) rodea una sola cáscara (la cueva, piedra, o pirena) de endocarpio endurecido con una semilla (núcleo) dentro. Estos frutos generalmente se desarrollan de una sola carpela, y principalmente de flores con ovarios superiores (drupes polipyrénicas son excepciones). La característica definitiva de una drupa es que la piedra dura, lignificada se deriva de la pared ovárica de la flor. En un fruto agregado, que está compuesto de pequeñas, gotas individuales (como una frambuesa), cada individuo se denomina una drupelet, y pueden formar juntos un fruto agregado. tales frutos son a menudo bayas termadas, aunque los botánicos usan una definición diferente de la carne de las bayas.