Those little yellow or brown ovals on the outside of strawberries are called achenes. And, just like most fruits, each achene has a seed inside it. On average, medium-size strawberries have 200 ...

Achenes What we commonly call strawberry seeds are actually achenes, which hold the true seeds within them. Each achene comes from a flower’s ovary.

To add insult to injury for the poor tasteless achene fruit, most strawberry plants aren’t even grown from their seeds.

Interestingly, its achenes — the tiny, sometimes yellowish or brownish specks — are considered the real fruits, which are rich in fibre. Each of these achene is a fruit, inside of which is a seed.

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Each of the “seeds embedded in the surface of the juicy receptacle is an individual dry fruit called an achene.

One explanation hinges on a particular meaning of "straw" — a particle of straw, chaff, or mote — describing the appearance of the achenes (tiny yellow seeds) scattered over the surface of the ...

Instead, the fertilised ovaries don’t grow – they stay dried and shrivelled on the outside of their strawberry host, containing the seeds.

That's because what appear to be a strawberry's "seeds" are actually its fruit, he said. Those little yellow or brown ovals on the outside of strawberries are called achenes.