What is the function of tyhe pericarp?

Answer 1

Thinks of everything as a species that main goal is to survive and pass on it's offspring. A plant has an option to create shoots or fruit. When it is placed in an stressful environment it produces fruit so that it's progeny can be passed. The fruit has a pericarp surrounding a seed. The pericarps main function is to be desirable and in a sense, delicious. This increase the probability of being eaten and transported during consumption by an animal