Actually, the endocarp is "The hard inner layer of the pericarp of many fruits, such as the pit or stone of a cherry, peach, or olive." The "middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits", is known as the mesocarp.
Sarcocarp (Gr. "flesh" + "fruit"), or mesocarp, is a botanical term for the succulent and fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of drupaceous fruit, between the exocarp and the endocarp; it is usually the part of the fruit that is eaten. The term may also refer to any fruit which is fleshy throughout.
Sar·co·carp
n.
(Bot.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
Note: The term has also been used to denote any fruit which is fleshy throughout. M. T. Masters.
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