Why are peppers hollow?

Chilli peppers are a fleshy simple fruit that falls into the frut classification of "berry". It is an indehescient fruit that comes from a superior ovary with a thick exocarp, fleshy mesocarp and endocarp. read more

Chilli peppers are a fleshy simple fruit that falls into the frut classification of "berry". It is an indehescient fruit that comes from a superior ovary with a thick exocarp, fleshy mesocarp and endocarp. read more

Here you can see the inner bell pepper fruit emerging from the flower. The setup is almost the same, albeit much thicker walled and no longer open for pollination. Once the pepper has emerged from the flower it will grow each petal individually, leading to the rotund shape. [1] placeholder for the URL once I find one. read more