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Why are oranges, garlic, etc. separated into edible cloves?

As I understand it, most fruits/herbs/vegetables/plants strive for survival and reproduction. Are these any different? Have this behavior benefited them in any way, historically?

Thanks in advance!
gpt
Well, we've modified oranges to be easier to segment, but even the ancestors separated. Each slice of orange is a carpel, each of which contains ovules that become seeds. It's different in garlic, where the cloves are actually storage leaves. They propagate as buds in the axils of sheathes of foliage leaves, below the blade. 

This isn't a reproductive advantage as much as it is a consequence of development. Apples also have this segmentation, but it's harder to see and both apples and oranges have a single ovary that is split into chambers.