Editing Fruit (section)

=== Multiple fruits ===
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A multiple fruit is formed from a cluster of flowers, (a 'multiple' of flowers) – also called an ''[[inflorescence]]''. Each ('smallish') flower produces a single fruitlet, which, as all develop, all merge into one mass of fruit.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schlegel |title=Encyclopedic Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7J-3fD67RqwC&q=acarpous&pg=PA282 |page=282 |isbn=978-1-56022-950-6 |year=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |access-date=2020-10-06 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130053823/https://books.google.com/books?id=7J-3fD67RqwC&q=acarpous&pg=PA282 |url-status=live }}</ref> Examples include [[pineapple]], [[ficus|fig]], [[mulberry]], [[Osage orange]], and [[breadfruit]]. An inflorescence (a cluster) of white flowers, called a head, is produced first. After [[Fertilization#Fertilisation in plants|fertilization]], each flower in the cluster develops into a drupe; as the drupes expand, they develop as a ''[[connation|connate]]'' organ, merging into a multiple fleshy fruit called a ''syncarp''.

Progressive stages of multiple flowering and fruit development can be observed on a single branch of the Indian mulberry, or ''[[noni]]''. During the sequence of development, a progression of second, third, and more inflorescences are initiated in turn at the head of the branch or stem.