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The present work combines a morpho\u2010anatomical and a phytochemical analysis of the fruit exocarp and mesocarp.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The exocarp is composed by a layer of palisade cells. The mesocarp is characterized by vascular bundles and by sclereids. In the aerenchyma, the internal zone of the mesocarp, cells aggregates were positive to phenols, while idioblasts were positive to terpenes.<\/jats:p><jats:p>We performed a GC\/MS analysis with a semi\u2010quantitative relative amount calculation of the recorded compounds.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The GC\/MS essential oil profile revealed the dominance of acyclic sesquiterpenoids (53.95\u2009%), followed by bicyclic sesquiterpenoids (31.69\u2009%), monoterpenes (11.89\u2009%) and monocyclic sesquiterpenoids (2.44\u2009%).<\/jats:p><jats:p>The terpenes detected in higher amounts,<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2010caryophyllene and bicyclogermacrene, are known for activity against insect larvae, but have been proposed as antiviral candidates against SARS\u2010CoV\u20102. 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