Weird question about fruit....

Guru · 23 Feb 2017 at 12:42

Hi all,

Someone, somewhere in our office mentioned that there is no fruit that doesn't, at some stage in it's life, go through being some shade of green at some point.

Can anyone think of a fruit that's never a shade of green at any point in its life?

Such a weird question and I don't even know how this conversation even came up, but I can't think of one lol

Cheers,

G

Cleisthenes · 23 Feb 2017 at 12:48

I cannot think of a fruit which isn't green at some point.

robfosters · 23 Feb 2017 at 12:53

All fruits start off green. Not a single one doesn't.

Mynight · 23 Feb 2017 at 12:54

AFAIK there isn't. IIRC it's to do with preventing animals eating them before the seeds are ready to survive the digestive process and spread the plant elsewhere.

enigma27 · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:01

Alan Carr?

Avenged7Fold · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:04

Enjoyed this thread, 20 minutes of google and nothing

russell664 · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:04

enigma27 said:
Alan Carr?

Liquiduk · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:09

Mynight said:
AFAIK there isn't. IIRC it's to do with preventing animals eating them before the seeds are ready to survive the digestive process and spread the plant elsewhere.

I wonder if this information is passed via the fungi network to inform other young fruit growing trees to do the same.

Safetytrousers · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:14

Mynight said:
AFAIK there isn't. IIRC it's to do with preventing animals eating them before the seeds are ready to survive the digestive process and spread the plant elsewhere.

But some fruits stay green.

Mynight · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:17

Maybe I haven't remembered it correctly then

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Zethor · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:25

The pomegranate maybe. It's a berry so the protective layer, which goes from green to red, is not part of the fruit. Each individual berry goes from white to red as they ripen.

robfosters · 23 Feb 2017 at 13:56

Zethor said:
The pomegranate maybe. It's a berry so the protective layer, which goes from green to red, is not part of the fruit. Each individual berry goes from white to red as they ripen.

That would apply to lychees too and maybe coconuts.

Zethor · 23 Feb 2017 at 14:35

robfosters said:
That would apply to lychees too and maybe coconuts.

No, the pomegranate berry can be considered a single fruit, it has it's own seed, skin, just like a single grape.

robfosters · 23 Feb 2017 at 14:46

Zethor said:
No, the pomegranate berry can be considered a single fruit, it has it's own seed, skin, just like a single grape.

So does a lychee. It has a husk and a seed inside.

MookJong · 23 Feb 2017 at 15:11

Never heard this before, but **** me I never released this but it seems totally legit for every fruit I can think of.

jsmoke · 23 Feb 2017 at 15:12

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/07/fruits-change-color-flavor-ripen/

Kind of explains it, to do with chlorophyll and then other chemicals are spawned when fruit meets sunlight.

Dis86 · 23 Feb 2017 at 15:22

Quince aren't green.

hornetstinger · 23 Feb 2017 at 15:34

Opel Fruits..

Avenged7Fold · 23 Feb 2017 at 15:37

Dis86 said:
Quince aren't green.

The unripened fruit is

gjrc · 23 Feb 2017 at 16:08

robfosters said:
That would apply to lychees too and maybe coconuts.

cocoNUTS aren't fruit.... lychee are green before they ripen