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Characteristics of fruits

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Selection of different fruits.

Fruit can be dry like corn and peas or fleshy like apples and tomatoes.

Image acknowledgements: Karaka nut and pukatea capsule, Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0; Poroporo fruit, Murray Dawson, CC BY 4.0. Both sourced from iNaturalistNZ. Poroporo seeds, John Tann, CC BY 2.0; Akakiore follicle and kōwhai, Phil Bendle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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