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Frutas no Brasil: nativas e exóticas (de consumo in natura). 2a. ed. Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora, São Paulo. 704 p. [1a. ed., 2006.] RESQUE, Olímpia Reis. 2007. Vocabulário de Frutas Comestíveis na Amazônia. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi – Coordenação de Informação e Documentação.
One whole lemon and one cut in half The buddha's hand, a uniquely shaped variant of citron Lime and blossom. Also known as citruses, Hesperidiums possess thick and leathery rinds. These fruits are generally sour and acidic to some extent and have a wagon wheel-like cross section.
A fruit results from the fertilizing and maturing of one or more flowers. The gynoecium, which contains the stigma-style-ovary system, is centered in the flower-head, and it forms all or part of the fruit. [9] Inside the ovary(ies) are one or more ovules.
The passion fruit (Portuguese: maracujá and Spanish: maracuyá, both from the Tupi mara kuya, lit. "fruit that serves itself" or "food in a cuia") and granadilla is the fruit of several plants in the genus Passiflora.
A mature fruit is one that has completed its growth phase. Ripening is the sequence of changes within the fruit from maturity to the beginning of decay. These changes involve the conversion of starches to sugars, a decrease in acids, softening, and a change in the fruit's colour. [ 35 ]