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Fruits

Fruits and seeds of many plants are eaten for their taste and for vitamins and other ingredients, also for health purposes. Especially the edible fruits of many annual plants are traditionally classified as vegetables, with no clearly defined limit.

Examples of fruits that are eaten are: orange, arbutus, carob, fig, prickly pear, loquat, olive and the Inka berry.

Seeds that are eaten are those of the almond.

Fruits that are consideres vegetables are those of maize.

Small fruits and seeds with a high content of starch are known as cereals or pseudocereals.