Ontologies
FOODON
FoodOn (FOODON)
OWL
Last submission date June 7, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009084
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009084
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/FOODON/PO_0009084
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Preferred name

pericarp

Synonyms
pericarpo (Spanish, exact) portion of pericarp tissue (exact) 果皮 (Japanese, exact) fruit peel (related) fruit rind (related)
Definitions
Pericarp comprises endocarp (PO:0009086), mesocarp (PO:0009087), and exocarp (PO:0009085) layers, each of which can be fleshy or dry. If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to the specific type of fruit (PO:0009001), such as achene fruit (PO:0030107), berry fruit (PO:0030108), capsule fruit (PO:0030091), caryopsis fruit (PO:0030104), drupe fruit (PO:0030103), follicle fruit (PO:0030105), legume fruit (PO:0030100), nut fruit (PO:0030102), samara fruit (PO:0030099), schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098), silique fruit (PO:0030106), or their subclasses, depending on the species. A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that is the outer layer (wall) of a fruit (PO:0009001), and develops from a plant ovary (PO:0009072) or a carpel (PO:0009030) wall.
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