CLASSIFICATION
Scientific name - Pyrus malus
Genus - Pyrus
Family - Rosaceae
Order - Rosales
Class - Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae)
Division - Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae)
Kingdom - Plantae
IMPORTANT POINTS
Apple fruits are categorized as False fruits.
Along with ovary, thalamus is also involved in formation of Fruit.
The thalamus becomes the edible part of the fruit after fertilization.
Apple fruit lies in the Pome category of Fleshy fruits.
Being a member of Rosaceae family it possess Perigynous ovary.
The seeds can be formed by Apomixis (Recurrent agamospermy).