Pericarp

Schematic of a peach: the part labeled in green is the seed, those labeled in orange the pericarp.

A peach cut open. The yellow part outside the kernel is the pericarp.

Many seed plants have edible fruit. The part of the fruit outside the structure which contains the seeds, is called pericarp. Very often it corresponds to the part of the fruit that is eaten.

Pericarp Media

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  Longitudinal section of a female flower of a squash plant (courgette), showing the ovary (with ovules), style and stigmas

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  Diagram of a typical drupe (in this case, a peach), showing both fruit and seed

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  A schematic picture of an orange hesperidium

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  A segment of an orange that has been opened to show the pulp (juice vesicles) of the endocarp

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  Husk of a coconut (smooth exocarp plus fibrous mesocarp)

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  Almond (Prunus dulcis) shell (endocarp)