Why do citrus fruit have segments?
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1. Segmentation inside the citric fruits are due to its development from the ovary, as each of the segment is evolved from the ovary locule, the number of segments varies according to species
2. *Citrus* fruits are segmented because it’s an ancestral trait and that’s just how they evolved. Breeding is irrelevant and has made no difference to segmentation, except some are easier to separate than others.
3. There are other segmented fruits, such as durians, pomegranates, mangosteen, bananas, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, bitter melons, and so on.
4. All *Citrus,* Durians, pomegranates, mangosteens, bananas, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, bitter melons, and so on, are only one of those things, because they are segmented not citrus fruits. Segments may be either loose, semi-fused, or fused. Pineapples, blackberries, and raspberries are aggregate fruits.
5. finally there is debate if having seeds within segments aided the dispersal of seeds as the consumer was less likely to break the seed within a segment
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