Tissue of the fruit that is from non-carpel origin, usually in epigynous and perigynous flowers — e.g., the flesh of an apple is hypanthium tissue and the ovary is the papery core that encloses the se...Tissue of the fruit that is from non-carpel origin, usually in epigynous and perigynous flowers — e.g., the flesh of an apple is hypanthium tissue and the ovary is the papery core that encloses the seed. Fruit formed from the ripened ovaries from a cluster of flowers that are in close proximity in an inflorescence and that coalesce into one unit. Fruit formed from a flower with one carpel or multiple carpels fused together so that it looks like just one carpel.
