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Differentiate between pericarp and perisperm.

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PERICARP PERISPERM 
It is a part of fruit.It is a part of seed.
It is overy wall (epicarp, mesocarp & endocarp).It is Remnant of nucellus.
Dry / fleshyDry
Protection, dispersal and nutrition of seed.
Eg. Mango
No significant importance
Eg. Black pepper, beet

Pericarp - wall of the fruit (which develops from the wall of ovary)
Perisperm - persistent residual nucellus


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