Identify the correct features of Mango and Coconut fruits.
(i) In both fruit is a drupe
(ii) Endocarp is edible in both
(iii) Mesocarp in coconut is fibrous, and in mango it is fleshy
(iv) In both, fruit develops from monocarpellary ovary
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(i) and (iv) only

(i), (iii) and (iv) only

(i) and (ii) only

(i), (ii) and (iii) only

answer is B.

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In mango and coconut, the fruit is known as a drupe. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one seeded. In mango the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp. In coconut which is also a drupe, the mesocarp is fibrous. Endocarp of mango and coconut is hard and therefore not edible.