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Which fruit types occur in the verbena family besides fruits that split apart?
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In the Verbenaceae (verbena) family, while some fruits may split apart, many species produce berries or drupes.1
Berries are characterized as fleshy, many-seeded simple fruits. Drupes, or stone fruits, are fleshy fruits that typically contain a single seed enclosed within a hard, stony inner layer known as the endocarp. These fruit types differ from the characteristic nutlets found in the related Lamiaceae (mint) family, which typically separate into four parts upon maturity.231