Editing Fruit (section)

== Nonfood uses ==
[[File:PorcelainBerry.JPG|thumb|[[Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata|Porcelain vine]] is usually planted for its [[ornamental plant|showy]], colourful berries.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/porcelain-vine#destination |title= Porcelain vine |access-date= 2020-11-24 |publisher= The Morton Arboretum |archive-date= 2020-12-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201225184959/https://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/porcelain-vine#destination }}</ref>]]
Because fruits have been such a major part of the human diet, various cultures have developed many different uses for fruits they do not depend on for food. For example:

* [[Bayberry]] fruits provide a wax often used to make candles;<ref>{{cite book |last=K |first=Amber |title=Candlemas: Feast of Flames |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQL4W13EYlUC&q=bayberry&pg=PA155 |date=December 1, 2001 |publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn=978-0-7387-0079-3 |page=155 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |archive-date=January 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054858/https://books.google.com/books?id=WQL4W13EYlUC&q=bayberry&pg=PA155#v=snippet&q=bayberry&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Many dry fruits are used as decorations or in dried flower arrangements (e.g., [[annual honesty]], [[cotoneaster]], [[Nelumbo|lotus]], [[milkweed]], [[unicorn plant]], and [[wheat]]). [[Ornamental tree]]s and shrubs are often cultivated for their colorful fruits, including [[beautyberry]], [[cotoneaster]], [[holly]], [[pyracantha]], [[skimmia]], and [[viburnum]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Denise Wiles |title=Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1640–1940 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J30SOqPLMOEC&pg=PA3 |year=2004 |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-0-88192-619-4 |access-date=2020-05-09 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054835/https://books.google.com/books?id=J30SOqPLMOEC&pg=PA3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Fruits of [[opium poppy]] are the source of [[opium]], which contains the drugs [[codeine]] and [[morphine]], as well as the biologically inactive chemical theabaine from which the drug [[oxycodone]] is synthesized.<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Booth |title=Opium: A History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHRyZEQ5rC4C |year=1999 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0-312-20667-3 |access-date=2020-05-09 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054836/https://books.google.com/books?id=kHRyZEQ5rC4C |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Osage orange]] fruits are used to repel [[cockroach]]es.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cothran |first=James R. |title=Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8OcSmOKeCkC&q=cockroaches&pg=PA221 |year=2003 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-501-2 |page=221 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Many fruits provide [[natural dye]]s (e.g., [[cherry]], [[mulberry]], [[sumac]], and [[walnut]]).<ref>{{cite book |last=Adrosko |first=Rita J. |title=Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing: A Practical Guide with over 150 Recipes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EElNckPn0FUC |year=1971 |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |isbn=978-0-486-22688-0 |access-date=2020-05-09 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054946/https://books.google.com/books?id=EElNckPn0FUC |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Dried [[gourd]]s are used as bird houses, cups, decorations, dishes, musical instruments, and water jugs.
* [[Pumpkin]]s are carved into [[Jack-o'-lantern]]s for [[Halloween]].<ref>Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Great Carbuncle", in ''Twice-Told Tales'', 1837: Hide it [the great carbuncle] under thy cloak, say'st thou? Why, it will gleam through the holes, and make thee look like a jack-o'-lantern!</ref>
* The fibrous core of the mature and dry [[Luffa]] fruit is used as a sponge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grow Your Own Loofah Sponges at Home for Pennies (Yes, You Really Can!) |url=https://draxe.com/beauty/loofah-sponge/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Dr. Axe |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102232850/https://draxe.com/beauty/loofah-sponge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The spiny fruit of [[burdock]] or [[cocklebur]] inspired the invention of [[Velcro]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wake |first=Warren |title=Design Paradigms: A Sourcebook for Creative Visualization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2n1BCqxWjcC&pg=PA162 |year=2000 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |pages=162–63 |isbn=978-0-471-29976-9 |access-date=2020-05-09 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054941/https://books.google.com/books?id=j2n1BCqxWjcC&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Coir]] fiber from [[coconut]] shells is used for brushes, doormats, floor tiles, insulation, mattresses, sacking, and as a growing medium for container plants. The shell of the coconut fruit is used to make bird houses, bowls, cups, musical instruments, and souvenir heads.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.coconut.com/museum/uses.html |title= The Many Uses of the Coconut |access-date= 2006-09-14 |publisher= The Coconut Museum |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060906231208/http://www.coconut.com/museum/uses.html |archive-date= 2006-09-06 }}</ref>
* The hard and colorful grain fruits of [[Job's tears]] are used as decorative beads for jewelry, garments, and ritual objects.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Watt |first1=George |author1-link=George Watt (botanist) |title=Coix spp. (Job's tears) |journal=Agricultural Ledger |volume=11 |number=13 |date=1904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlbyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 |page=191 |access-date=2023-01-02 |archive-date=2024-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130054942/https://books.google.com/books?id=nlbyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA189#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Fruit is often a subject of [[still life]] paintings.