Searching for Fruit with Hexagonal Shape, or Cross Section When Cut

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Simple, yet unusual question.  Hopefully not hard to grasp the concept.

Think of cutting a starfruit, or suriname cherry, or even a babaco fruit....

Does there exist a fruit that has a hexagonal shape, or arrangement?

Or are there only arrangements of other shapes, such as Pentagonal, Heptagonal and Octagonal?

Yet another simpler way of putting it.  Can you find a fruit, when cut that makes the shape of the hexagram? 

[sc4001992]

I have not seen one, but there is a triangular shaped cross section passion fruit that one member found.

[sc4001992]

How about a 6-sided (??) dragon fruit.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

How about a 6-sided (??) dragon fruit.

thanks for posting.

I don't think that would qualify, the arrangement or structure of the fruit is not hexagonal.  The clip art pic may not even be accurate as to how they'd appear when cut, but given the multiple appendages (leaflet type structures) on the outside of the fruit, it wouldn't be fair to only take the cross section of a part that meets the standards, while the rest of the fruit doesn't.

[sc4001992]

Yup, didn't find any with 6 side cross section. So, you found one.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Yup, didn't find any with 6 side cross section. So, you found one.

no i haven't found one that's why i'm asking the group.

[Rispa]

You could grow watermelon in a form

[FlyingFoxFruits]

You could grow watermelon in a form

the point i'm trying to make is that it doesn't occur naturally (I believe), and there's a deeper reason, involving the genesis of the fruit at conception.  On a cellular level or even lower size particles.

I'm just curious if this is true (no natural hexagon fruit), or if this is just my observation.

And if it's true, what are the implications?

Has any other botanist, pomologist, or plant scientist pondered this question in an abstract? Or written about it?

[JCorte]

Not exactly hexagon on the sliced fruit, but what do you think?

Janet

[elouicious]

Manilkara hexandra comes to mind,

The flowers start out hexagonal but the fruit is definitely more rounded when ripe-

hard to find a picture of a cross section

[FlyingFoxFruits]

those don't satisfy the requirements I'm thinking about...

not even star anise, or sterculia...none show 6 sides.

Manilkara hexandra comes to mind,

The flowers start out hexagonal but the fruit is definitely more rounded when ripe-

hard to find a picture of a cross section

Not exactly hexagon on the sliced fruit, but what do you think?

Janet

[Dimitry Fisher]

Hi Adam, great question.   As a rule, hexagonal symmetry is uncommon in dicots.  Monocots often do have fruit that splits into 3 symmetric parts (yucca, banana, cardamom), but none exactly hexagonal come to mind.

[MadFarm]

The prevalence of the Fibonacci sequence in nature might have something to do with it not really occuring

[FlyingFoxFruits]

The prevalence of the Fibonacci sequence in nature might have something to do with it not really occuring

exactly, but this has further implications when studied on a molecular level.  As to the mechanism and flow of energy as the fruit is conceived.

basically the same reason we don’t see cats, dogs and pigs, or any other animal born with six legs that is mammalian

[TropicalFruitHunters]

Baccaurea angulata.  The entire fruit has six sides, but not the actual flesh.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Baccaurea angulata.  The entire fruit has six sides, but not the actual flesh.

seems like the closest thing Ive seen, kind of like a yes but no, great find, maybe there’s more out there or something that fits the arrangement Im thinking about…

this one i would say is debatable but has six sided arrangement!! rare

[FlyingFoxFruits]

seems like the exception to the rule has been found, maybe more?  makes u wanna grow that one, they mention it has a peculiar shape unlike any other in the genus if im not mistaken

[Galatians522]

Some okra pods are hexagonal in cross section. I guess it is technically a fruit.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/image/cache/data/b/baccaurea-angulata-3_0_1_800x1600_38f67.jpg

looking again, it doesn’t have the hexagon arrangement shape!  the three lobes in the middle make it off!

[gardenGnostic]

Timonius minahassae, a newer plant that's been going around, has fruit with a hexagonal shape.

[MadFarm]

Pomegranate, Moringa drumsticks, Okra... not the norm but we've seen it. Im sure like Carambola some are genetically predisposed and with selective breeding likely a consistent "6 sided" fruit can be produced.

[Julie]

What about monstera deliciosa fruit?  The scales are hexagons. Does that count?

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Pomegranate, Moringa drumsticks, Okra... not the norm but we've seen it. Im sure like Carambola some are genetically predisposed and with selective breeding likely a consistent "6 sided" fruit can be produced.

i think i saw a carambola in a pic with 6 sides, but it was deformed, I never saw a healthy normally formed fruit of any type with the hexagonal shape when cut, or should i say hexagram really.  Like a star, not just the hexagon.

the pomegranate really has a shape like citrus with the segments divided, not the star shape arrangement I was thinking of exactly.

[blackb0x]

How about melons?



This is a pretty interesting article: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparisons-between-cross-sectional-tissue-patterns-in-mature-cucurbit-family-fruits-and_fig8_221824700

[FlyingFoxFruits]

How about melons?



This is a pretty interesting article: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comparisons-between-cross-sectional-tissue-patterns-in-mature-cucurbit-family-fruits-and_fig8_221824700

i see the same thing with citrus and pomegranate, the segments inside arranged in such a way.

I suppose I may have to word my initial question differently,

I'm looking for the star shape, that is hexagonal.  Hexagram it would be.

This i have never seen when cutting through the core of fruits that have multiple sides...like pitanga, caramobla, pitangatuba, etc..