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Which Rosaceae plants produce achenes or drupelets?
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Red garden roses (Rosa hybrid). Whereas wild roses have only five petals, most hybrid varieties have been bred to produce numerous petals in a wide range of colours.
Within the Rosaceae family (order Rosales), the production of achenes or drupelets is characteristic of the subfamily Rosoideae.1
- Achenes: These are small, dry, single-seeded fruits that do not open at maturity. A prominent example is the strawberry, which is an aggregate fruit consisting of a swollen receptacle bearing numerous tiny achenes on its surface.123
- Drupelets: These are small, fleshy stone fruits (drupes) that form the individual units of an aggregate fruit. The genus Rubus, which includes blackberries and raspberries, is well known for producing these drupelets.132