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(^5) GRAPES
Some fruits such as grapes grow as
clusters of soft, edible, thin-skinned
berries. Each berry has several seeds
embedded in its flesh, although
many cultivated varieties of grapes
are seedless. Berries are often
vividly coloured to attract birds,
which have excellent colour vision.
(^6) PEACH
The juicy flesh of a peach, plum,
or cherry encloses a hard “stone”
that contains a single seed. This
type of fruit is called a drupe. The
fleshy part is meant to be eaten, so
animals spread the seeds, but some
animals such as parrots can crack
the stones and eat the seeds, too.
(^7) BROAD BEAN
The edible part of a broad bean
plant is its seeds, and its fruit is
the entire pod. The wild ancestors
of such beans do not attract
animals. Instead, their pods dry
up and split open with explosive
force, so the seeds shoot out and
are scattered on the ground.
(^8) TOMATO
Not all fruits are edible. Some
of the wild relatives of tomatoes
are extremely poisonous. They
include deadly nightshade,
which is lethal to humans,
although some animals can
eat the berries without coming
to harm. Tomatoes are also
related to chilli peppers.
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