Consider the following statements.
(A) Coconut tree is distributed in costal areas over a large part of the world.
(B) Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before loosing viability.
Select the correct option.

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Both (A) and (B) are true.

(A) is true but (B) is false.

(A) is false but (B) is true.

Both (A) and (B) are false.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Coconut requires the hot and wet climate hence it is grown in coastal areas. It is widely grown in coastal and deltaic regions of tropical and subtropical countries. Coconut fruit show hydra chary i.e., the dispersal takes place through a water medium. Being the habitat of the coastal area the fruit is so adapted that it can float and dispersed over thousands of kilometres before losing viability.

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