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? asked in Science & MathematicsBotany · 1 decade ago

Botanists please help, can you identify what type of fruit are each of the following?

turnip

Mexican potato/jicama

eggplant

winged beans

string beans

edible pots

lima beans

white melon

loofah

gourd

white pumpkin

squash

radish

mustard

onion

tomato

garlic

ginger

sesame

(ex. drupe, berry, pod, legume)

thank you very much

Update:

I know that the edible parts of some of those plants are not fruit. . but I wonder if they also bear fruits, maybe, but not edible. . please help. . . thank you

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  • 1 decade ago
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    ok i looked over that first answer and i KNOW FOR A FACT the person is wrong. gourds and pumpkins as false berries... omg

    i need to find a paper to help with the right answers but dont use that guys

    ok...

    beans - legumes... always

    now i dont know what a white melon is but gourds, pumpkins, squash, watermelons.... all pepos.....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    turnip - not a fruit, but an incrassate taproot (root vegetable)

    Mexican potato/jicama - not a fruit, but a tuberous root

    eggplant - aka aubergine, a berry

    winged beans - legume (from a pod)

    string beans - a pod

    edible pots - did you mean pods?

    lima beans - a legume

    white melon - a false berry

    loofah - false berry

    gourd - false berry

    white pumpkin - false berry

    squash - false berry

    radish - not a fruit, but an incrassate taproot (root vegetable)

    mustard - cultivated for its edible seeds and leaves

    onion - not a fruit, but a bulb

    tomato - a berry

    garlic - not a fruit, but a bulb

    ginger - not a fruit, but a rhizome

    sesame - edible seeds

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I am not a botanist but the first two questions are tuberous roots. An eggplant is the first fruit listed because it grows from a flower as well of most of the others. If it comes from a flower then it is a fruit.

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