HEY, YOU!

You think you know what BERRIES are?

Swipe through the images below and discover that you know NOTHING!



THE FACTS

In all actuality, only the last three out of the six 'berries' pictured up there are true berries! What's going on here? Well, the botanical definition of a berry stipulates that the fleshy fruit must be produced from a single flower, and must contain only one ovary. This means that bananas, avocados, and watermelons are technically berries, along with more familiar faces such as grapes, cranberries and blueberries. However, blackberries and raspberries are not berries because they come from different ovaries of the same flower and are known as 'Aggregate Fruits'. Strawberries aren't even derived from the ovary of the plant at all! They are known as 'Accessory Fruits'.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

If you think you know your fruit, see if you can suss out whether the organisms below are berries or not, then click on the pictures to find out if you've got the berry knowledge!

Tomato
Coconut
Cherry
Pumpkin

Yes, you have probably heard that tomato is a fruit, but if you want to be more specific, it is, in fact, a berry!

Are you an idiot? Of course a coconut is not a berry, it's a flippin coconut!

A Cherry is NOT a Berry!

Surprisingly, this behemoth is a berry! The pumpkin is undoubtedly one of the most filling of our berry friends!


HOORAY!

Now that you are armed with a fresh understanding of berries, check this sweet video of how to make a smoothie with REAL berries!