What factors determine the type (shape/color/consistency) of fruit?

I am creating a fantasy world on a planet entirely separate from our own. Since it is a different world, it makes sense that the food there would be different as well.

Some of our fruit is similar. Oranges and lemons both have rinds, a fairly similar shape, and look nearly identical inside (save for the color, obviously). Apples and pears, while still similar in some aspects, are quite different in shape and consistency. Then there are fruits like Pomegranates and grapes that are widely different than anything else.

What determines what a fruit is like? Is it something to do with the climate? Perhaps surroundings? What makes a fruit the way it is? Is the answer unknown; does it appear to be random? By learning the answer to this question, I should hopefully be able to make realistic fruit for my world.

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