How come flowers are not edible but fruits are?

Fruits form from flowers don't they?

How come flowers are not edible but fruits are?
some flowers are edible. nasturtiums, for example, are great on salads, although they have fairly little taste.


fruits are the ovaries of flowers. the flower is pollinated, and the ovary starts to grow, eventually ripening into a tasty fruit. most flowers won't hurt you much, although they might taste bad and make you a little sick to your stomach.
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Reply:There are some flowers that are edible. you just have not figured out which ones they are. Go to your local nurseries and a horticulturist can tell you which ones are edible.
Reply:Not true. Bananas are flowers, of a sort.
Reply:YOU CAN EAT LILLIES, VIOLETS, NASTRIUMS ,ROSES,HONEYSUCKLES,CROCUS IS A FLOWER, ZUCHINI AND PUMPKIN FLOWERS..LAVENDER ..THERE ARE TONS OF EDIBLE FLOWERS QUEEN ANNS LACE MAKE A NICE JELLY ..CHAMMOMILE,,
Reply:With all the respect broccoli, cauliflower, and artichokes are not flowers but they are buds of flowers. But if you are asking I saw people eat the squash male and female flowers in The Nether land and there are many other to.
Reply:Some flowers are great...nasturtiums are used in salads.
Reply:I just watched a show about decorating your food with edible flowers. I don't remember which flowers were used but I was surprised at how many of them were edible.
Reply:Fruit-bearing plants propagate themselves by having their seeds dispersed. A fruit is often attractive and edible so that somebody will take it away, eat the fruit and disperse the seeds. Even if you swallow the seeds they are usually tough enough to get through your digestive system. The flowers are intended to be attractive to the pollinating insects: if the flowers were consumed instead of pollinated, the seeds would not be formed and the plant would have failed in that regard. Even so, there are many edible varieties of flower, although I would guess they are only a minority.
Reply:Some flowers are indeed edible and very delicious. Try nasturiums, both leaves and flowers. Violas, rose hips and petals and daylily flowers are also edible. There are many more. Check your local library for books on the subject.
Reply:Yes, but many flowers are made out of the same stuff as leaves, which we can't digest. We can still eat most of them, but we gain no energy and they taste like crud. Fruits, though, are rich with simpler sugars, which we both eat and like the tastte of. You see, it is not a matter of what we can eat but of what we feel like eating.
Reply:There are some Flowers that can be eaten, which ones I do not know what kinds, I have eat some,
Reply:a lot of flowers are edible but few people ea them. like a dandelion and a rose are both very healthy for you
Reply:Did you know that broccoli, cauliflower, and artichokes are all flowers?


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