Strawberry "seeds" are actually the fruit, here's a close-up showing the stems
7 years ago by atlanica · 1432 Likes · 9 comments · Popular
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· 7 years ago
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Fruitception
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· 7 years ago
They look like mini mangoes!
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silvermyth
· 7 years ago
Does this mean strawberries aren't fruits?
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creativedragonbaby
· 7 years ago
They're berries duh
guest
· 7 years ago
Strawberries aren't berries
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sm19
· 7 years ago
If my botany knowledge is up to date, the 'seeds' you see there are actually the ovaries with the fruit on the inside. The fleshy part you eat is just receptacle tissue. I remember that from my botany course last year. If I find my notes I can confirm it for you. @silvermyth botanically speaking, it doesn't fit the definition of a botanical berry ("a fleshy fruit without a stone produced from a single flower containing one ovary"). A strawberry is an aggregate accessory fruit (it comes from more than one ovary and the tissue isn't all from the ovary). But it's still a fruit!
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silvermyth
· 7 years ago
Ooh, thanks @sm19 ! This is quite helpful, at least for quenching my curiosity.
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guest
· 7 years ago
Also, the strawberries we find in our supermarkets are the product of selective breeding, a wild strawberry would fit the description of the berry. The fruit is the uterus of the plant, the seeds are like fertilized eggs in mammalian terms.
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matthewg
· 7 years ago
Looks like a balding, red testicle with pears on it.