Accessory fruit Accessory fruit An accessory fruit (sometimes called "false fruit", "spurious fruit", "pseudofruit", or "pseudocarp") is a fruit in which some of the flesh is derived not from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue exterior to the carpel. Examples of accessory tissue are the receptacle of the strawberry, pineapple, common fig, and mulberry, and the calyx of "Gaultheria procumbens" or "Syzygium jambos". Pomes, such as apples and pears, are also accessory fruits, with much of the fruit flesh derived from a hypanthium. Other example could be the "anthocarps" specific to the family Nyctaginaceae, where most of the fruit comes from
Rapa fruit dove Rapa fruit dove The Rapa fruit dove ("Ptilinopus huttoni") is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The dove is approximately 31 centimeters tall, a medium sized pigeon. It mainly has green plumage, especially on its wings. Pale blue-green plumage is on the foreparts (head, neck, chest, upper back) shading into green of body above. It also has a yellowish-white tip of tail, not sharply demarcated with right rose crown, face and throat, and a dark rose