News|Articles|June 28, 2024

Unlikely berries

Fun fact! Botany defines berries as fruit stemming from one flower with one ovary, making tomatoes, pomegranates, kiwis, and bananas berries but not strawberries or raspberries.

Botany defines berries as fruit stemming from one flower with one ovary, making tomatoes, pomegranates, kiwis, and bananas berries but not strawberries or raspberries.

References

  1. Lorge, G. Bananas Are Berries? Stanford Magazine. July/August 2013. https://stanfordmag.org/contents/bananas-are-berries (accessed 2024-06-27).
  2. Kiwi. Britannica. May 26, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/plant/kiwi-fruit (accessed 2024-06-27).

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