CLASSIFICATION
- Scientific name – Pyrus malus
- Genus – Pyrus
- Family – Rosaceae
- Order – Rosales
- Class – Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae)
- Division – Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)
- Kingdom – Plantae
IMPORTANT POINTS
- Apple fruits are categorized as False fruits.
- Along with ovary, thalamus is also involved in formation of Fruit.
- The thalamus becomes the edible part of the fruit after fertilization.
- Apple fruit lies in the Pome category of Fleshy fruits.
- Being a member of Rosaceae family it possess Perigynous ovary.
- The seeds can be formed by Apomixis (Recurrent agamospermy).
